'Another island in the Great Ocean has many sinful and malevolent women, who have precious gems in their eyes.'
In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. He tells us about the Sultan in Cairo, the Great Khan in China, and the mythical Christian prince Prester John. There are giants and pygmies, cannibals and Amazons, headless humans and people with a single foot so huge it can shield them from the sun . Forceful and opinionated, the narrator is by turns bossy, learned, playful, and moralizing, with an endless curiosity about different cultures.
Written in the fourteenth century, the
Detalles del producto
Editorial : OUP Oxford (13 septiembre 2012)
Idioma : Inglés
Tapa blanda : 224 páginas
ISBN-10 : 0199600600
ISBN-13 : 978-0199600601
Peso del producto : 1,05 kg
Dimensiones : 19.56 x 12.95 x 1.27 cm
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº755 en Literatura de viaje
nº1.390 en Teología y filosofía de la religión (Libros)
nº3.925 en Ficción clásica (Libros)
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