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Penguin Classics: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

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One of the most influential books of the medieval period, John Mandeville's fourteenth-century work was written, ostensibly, to encourage and instruct pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. A thorough compendium of medieval lore, the travel book proved to be a great success throughout Europe. (Among his alleged readers were Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Columbus.)

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Penguin Classics: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, John Mandeville, C.W.R.D. Moseley

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1983
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English
Released
1983
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Paperback
Pages
208
ISBN10
0140444351
ISBN13
9780140444353
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One of the most influential books of the medieval period, John Mandeville's fourteenth-century work was written, ostensibly, to encourage and instruct pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. A thorough compendium of medieval lore, the travel book proved to be a great success throughout Europe. (Among his alleged readers were Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Columbus.)