Mirabilia descripta: The wonders of the East

Name: Mirabilia descripta: The wonders of the East
Author: active 1302-1330 Bishop of Columbum Catalani Jordanus

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Project Gutenberg

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Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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2021-05-31

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Public domain in the USA.

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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800 India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

About the author

active 1302-1330 Bishop of Columbum Catalani Jordanus

A 14th-century Dominican missionary and traveler, he is remembered for writing one of the early European accounts of India and the wider East. His life joins missionary work, long-distance travel, and a rare firsthand medieval narrative.

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