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The travels of Sir John Mandeville: an abridged version / with commentary by Norman Denny and Josephine Filmer-Sankey
de Mandeville, John Sir
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- ISBN 10
- 0001923293
- ISBN 13
- 9780001923294
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Sobre este artículo
London: Collins, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 95 pages, 13 unnumbered pages: color illustrations, map (on lining papers); 24 cm. Subjects: Voyages and travels; Early works to 1800. Geography; Early works to 1800. Geography, Medieval. Asia Description and travel Early works, c.1360.
Sinopsis
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 to have journeyed to “the lands beyond”—countries populated by dog-headed men, cannibals, Amazons, and pygmies. This translation by the esteemed C.W.R.D. Moseley conveys the elegant style of the original, making this an intriguing blend of fact and absurdity, and offering wondrous insight into fourteenth-century conceptions of the world. Includes a revised introduction, appendices, an index of place names, new notes, and updated suggestions for further reading
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- Título
- The travels of Sir John Mandeville: an abridged version / with commentary by Norman Denny and Josephine Filmer-Sankey
- Autor
- Mandeville, John Sir
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
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- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0001923293
- ISBN 13
- 9780001923294
- Editorial
- London: Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1973
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