The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Name: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Author: Sir John Mandeville

by Sir John Mandeville

EN·~7 hours

Chapters

Description

Itinerarium

Details

Language

Duration

~7 hours (432K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Macmillan and Co., 1900

Release date

1997-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800 Mandeville, John, Sir -- Travel Geography, Medieval Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Orient -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

About the author

Sir John Mandeville

A mysterious medieval traveler—or perhaps a carefully invented one—became famous for a wildly popular 14th-century book that carried readers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The story mixed pilgrimage, geography, marvels, and legend, and for centuries many people believed it was a true eyewitness account.

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