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Les Merveilles de la Terre d'Outremer
Engelsk Paperback
Les Merveilles de la Terre d'Outremer
Engelsk Paperback

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A critical editon of Jean de Vignay''s 14th-century Les Merveilles de la Terre d''Outremer, a translation of the travelogue of Odoric, a Franciscan monk from northeastern Italy who spent much of the early 14th century traveling throughout Asia. His adventures provided one of the most important Western accounts of life and culture in what is present-day Iran, India, Indonesia, China, Nepal and Russia.


Setting off only 20 years after Marco Polo''s historic trip to the East, Odoric was the only religious traveler to the East whose voyage was recorded, making his account one of unparalleled importance for scholars and historians. Interestingly, Odoric noted the religious and cultural customs of the places he visited, treating their practices with tolerance, respect, and curiosity. He frequently took pains to tell of spectacular things - mountains of salt, impenetrable deserts, mice as big as dogs, trees that produced bread, magic fish, sensational pearls, gigantic tortoises, men with faces of dogs, hens covered in wool, and women equipped with fangs.


The description of Odoric''s journey to the East comes from the account he dictated upon his return to Italy, which was translated from Latin and widely circulated throughout Europe. This is one such translation.



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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
198
ISBN-13:
9780859893480
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0859893480
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
31 dec 1991
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
150mm
Højde:
208mm
Forlag:
University of Exeter
Oplagsdato:
31 dec 1991
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