14th-century Italian Franciscan friar, missionary, and explorer

The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling, with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's "Navigations, voyages & discoveries." / [Sir John Mandeville].

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The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling, with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's "Navigations, voyages & discoveries." / [Sir John Mandeville].