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Purporting to describe the circumnavigation of an English knight through Africa, India, and the Middle East in 1322, the narrative is a fantastical collection of sights: seas, islands, phoenixes, pyramids, rocks that enchant ships and apes that contain human souls, interwoven with geographical descriptions that are perfectly accurate.

Mandeville

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    A Paperback / softback by Matthew Francis

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/03/2008
      ISBN13: 9780571239276, 978-0571239276
      ISBN10: 0571239277

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Purporting to describe the circumnavigation of an English knight through Africa, India, and the Middle East in 1322, the narrative is a fantastical collection of sights: seas, islands, phoenixes, pyramids, rocks that enchant ships and apes that contain human souls, interwoven with geographical descriptions that are perfectly accurate.

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