The Book of Marvels and Travels / Sir John Mandeville; translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Bale.

Author
Mandeville, John, Sir [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description
xxxviii, 178 p. : maps ; 20 cm.

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    "Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. He tells us about the Sultan in Cairo, the Great Khan in China, and the mythical Christian prince Prester John. There are giants and pygmies, cannibals and Amazons, headless humans and people with a single foot so huge it can shield them from the sun. Forceful and opinionated, the narrator is by turns bossy, learned, playful, and moralizing, with an endless curiosity about different cultures." --Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
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    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    ISBN
    • 9780199600601 (pbk.)
    • 0199600600 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    ^^2012462272
    OCLC
    783148766
    RCP
    H - S
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