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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Af: John Mandeville Engelsk Paperback

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Af: John Mandeville Engelsk Paperback
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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 of fourteenth-century conceptions of the world.
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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 of fourteenth-century conceptions of the world.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9780141441436
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141441437
Udg. Dato: 31 mar 2005
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 31 mar 2005
Forfatter(e): John Mandeville
Forfatter(e) John Mandeville


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ISBN-13 9780141441436


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 224


Udgave


Længde 13mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 31 mar 2005


Oplagsdato 31 mar 2005


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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