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Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke 1253-1255
Mission of Friar William of Rubruck His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Mngke 12531255
Author: Peter Jackson
'William of Rubruck was a Franciscan friar who wrote the first great travel book about Asia. In 1253-55 he made the journey from the Holy Land to the court of the Great Khan Mongke at Qaraqorum in Mongolia and back again ...William was interested in all that he saw ...His account is particularly vivid because he related to the individual people ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780872209817
ISBN-10: 0872209814
Publication Date: 9/25/2009
Pages: 328
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Publisher: Hackett Pub Co
Book Type: Paperback
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