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 (Classic Reprint)

by John Mandeville

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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 to have travelled in 'the lands beyond' - countries populated by dog-headed men, cannibals, Amazons and Pygmies. Although Marco Polo's slightly earlier narrative ultimately proved more factually accurate, Mandeville's was widely known, used by Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci and Martin Frobisher, and inspiring writers as diverse as Swift, Defoe and Coleridge. This intriguing blend of fact, exaggeration and absurdity offers both fascinating insight into and subtle criticism...Read more
  • ISBN10 026090967X
  • ISBN13 9780260909671
  • Publish Date 22 April 2018 (first published 1 January 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Forgotten Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 412
  • Language English