The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253–1255 by Peter Jackson, Willem van Ruysbroeck, David O. Morgan

The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253–1255

Peter Jackson, Willem van Ruysbroeck, David O. Morgan

336 pages • first pub 1255 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous mysterious medium-paced
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"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 Möngke at Qaraqorum in Mongolia and back again. . . . William was interes...

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