{"product_id":"2940016511092","title":"The Travels of Sir John Mandeville","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eTo Teach You the Way out of England to Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eOf the Cross and the Crown of our Lord Jesu Christ\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eOf the City of Constantinople, and of the Faith of Greeks\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eOf the Way from Constantinople to Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eOf Diversities in Cyprus;\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eOf Many Names of Soldans, and of the Tower of Babylon\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Country of Egypt\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Isle of Sicily\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eOf the Desert between the Church of Saint Catherine and Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eOf the Pilgrimages in Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eOf the Temple of Our Lord\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Dead Sea; and of the Flome Jordan\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Province of Galilee\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eOf the City of Damascus\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eOf the Customs of Saracens, and of Their Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eOf the Lands of Albania and of Libia\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Land of Job; and of His Age\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Customs of Isles about Ind\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003eOf the Dooms Made by St. Thomas’s Hand.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003eOf the Evil Customs Used in the Isle of Lamary\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003eOf the Palace of the King of the Isle of Java\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003eHow Men Know by the Idol, If the Sick Shall Die or Not\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Great Chan of Cathay\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV\u003cbr\u003eWherefore He is Clept the great Chan\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV\u003cbr\u003eOf the Governance of the Great Chan’s Court,\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI\u003cbr\u003eOf the Law and the Customs of the Tartarians Dwelling in Cathay\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Realm of Tharse and the Lands and Kingdoms towards the Septentrional Parts\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVIII\u003cbr\u003eThe Emperor of Persia, and of the Land of Darkness\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIX\u003cbr\u003eOf the Countries and Isles That Be beyond the Land of Cathay\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXX\u003cbr\u003eOf the Royal Estate of Prester John\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXI\u003cbr\u003eOf the Devil’s Head in the Valley Perilous\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Goodness of the Folk of the Isle of Bragman\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXIII\u003cbr\u003eOf the Hills of Gold that Pismires keep.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXIV\u003cbr\u003eOf the Customs of Kings and other that dwell in the Isles coasting to Prester John’s Land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\"In his preface the compiler calls himself a knight, and states that he was born and bred in England, of the town of St Albans. Although the book is real, it is widely believed that 'Sir John Mandeville' himself was not. Common theories point to a Frenchman by the name of Jehan a la Barbe (or other possibilities discussed below).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most recent scholarly work suggests that The Travels of Sir John Mandeville was “the work of Jan de Langhe, a Fleming who wrote in Latin under the name Johannes Longus and in French as Jean le Long.”[4] Jan de Langhe was born in Ypres early in the 1300s and by 1334 had become a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer which was about 20 miles from Calais. After studying law at the University of Paris, de Langhe returned to the abbey and was elected abbot in 1365. He was a prolific writer and avid collector of travelogues, right up to his death in 1383.\"--Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173831459056,"sku":"2940016511092","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016511092_p0.jpg?v=1763636771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016511092","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}