The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is a captivating medieval travelog attributed to the English knight and explorer, Sir John Mandeville. Written in the 14th century, the book recounts the…

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…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Title: The Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville … Edited, annotated, and illustrated in facsimile by J. Ashton. L.P.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national…

Milton’s first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is part travelogue, part historical mystery, and a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…