TY - BOOK AU - Mandeville,John,Sir TI - The Travels of Sir John Mandeville AV - G PY - 1997/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800 KW - Mandeville, John, Sir -- Travel KW - Geography, Medieval KW - Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 KW - Orient -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandeville%27s_Travels; Itinerarium; Release date is 1997-01-01; Transcribed from the 1900 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price; Originally published; Macmillan and Co.,, 1900 N2 - "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" by Sir John Mandeville is a travelogue written between 1357 and 1371 that claims to chronicle an Englishman's journey across the Near East to India and China. Blending fact with fantasy, this extraordinarily popular medieval work drew from various sources including Odoric of Pordenone and Armenian monk Hetoum. Though "Sir John Mandeville" was likely an invented author and many travels described are unreliable or fantastical, the book profoundly influenced explorers like Christopher Columbus, serving as a curious mix of pilgrimage guide and exotic wonder tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/782 ER -