The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

by Sir John Mandeville

Overview

"Jehan de Mandeville", translated as "Sir John Mandeville", is the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of supposed travels, written in Anglo-Norman French, and published between 1357 and 1371.
By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity. Despite the extremely unreliable and often fantastical nature of the travels it describes, it was used as a work of reference — Christopher Columbus, for example, was heavily influenced by both this work and Marco Polo's earlier Il Milione (Adams 53).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789635249268
Publisher:	Booklassic
Publication date:	06/22/2015
Series:	The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	149
File size:	548 KB

About the Author

Sir John Mandeville