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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Ch.: 31Status: In progressLang: EnglishRevised:

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Contents

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  1. 1.Chapter 1app
  2. 2.Chapter 2app
  3. 3.Chapter 3app
  4. 4.Chapter 4app
  5. 5.Chapter 5app
  6. 6.Chapter 6app
  7. 7.Chapter 7app
  8. 8.Chapter 8app
  9. 9.Chapter 9app
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  25. 25.Chapter 25app
  26. 26.Chapter 26app
  27. 27.Chapter 27app
  28. 28.Chapter 28app
  29. 29.Chapter 29app
  30. 30.Chapter 30app
  31. 31.Chapter 31app

Abstract

"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).

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