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Excerpt from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Version of the Cotton Manuscript in Modern Spelling, With Three Narratives, in Illustration of It, From Hakluyt's Navigations, Voyages Discoveries Ah dear God I What love had he to us his subjects, when he that never trespassed, would for trespassers suffer death Right well ought us for to love and worship, to dread and serve such a Lord, and to worship and praise such an holy land, that br...

Immediately popular when it first appeared around 1356, "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" became the standard account of the East for several centuries?a work that went on to influence luminaries as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci, Swift, and Coleridge. Ostensibly written by an English knight, the "Travels" purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India, and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khan's army and...

Excerpt from Voyages and TravelsDeath. For he that will publish anything to make it openly known, he will make it to be cried and pronounced in the middle Place of a Town, SO that the Thing that is proclaimed and pronounced, may alike stretch to all Parts: right so, He that was Maker Of all the World, would suffer for us at Jeru salem, that is the Midst Of the World, to that End and In tent, that His Passion and His Death, that was published t...

Excerpt from Ioanne De Mandavilla: Qual Tratta De le Piu Marauegliose Cose e Piu Notabile Che se Trouino, e Come Presentialmente Ha Cercato Tutte le Parte Habitabile del Mondo, e Ha Notato Alcune Degne Co se Che Ha Uedute in Esse ParteCapitolo. Lxx. 2, Del loco one fu fcpulta [ci cache-nna. Ca.lxx:. Z Come fc de tore com1ato dal: monac1.cadxxu. El modo come -e arma dlla gente ca.!xxm. 26 De la Villa de bahbe ou: dimow Abfam.About the Publisher...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Voyages and travels, Orient, Biography

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 e...

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