John Mandeville - The Book of Marvels and Travels torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, General Fiction, Misc. Non-fiction

Written by John Mandeville
Read by Bruce F. Davis
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps


The Book of Marvels and Travels
By: John Mandeville
Narrated by: Bruce F. Davis
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-08-19
Language: English
Publisher: MuseumAudiobooks.com
Unabridged Audiobook
Language: English

Publisher’s summary

Ostensibly written by an English knight, The Book of Marvels and Travels claim to recount his experiences in Egypt, the Levant, India, and China. It describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and further into Asia, and the many weird and wonderful peoples and practices of the East. The author claims to have traveled in land populated by Amazons, dog-headed people, cannibals, one-footed tribes, and Pygmies.

This work was widely known and used by Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci, and Martin Frobisher, and inspired writers like Defoe, Coleridge, and Swift. An enchanting blend of absurdity, fact, and exaggeration, the audiobook offers fascinating insight into 14th-century European perceptions of the world.

Public Domain (P)2019 Museum Audiobooks