Saturday, August 02, 2008
misc 20080802

wiki.eng, wiki.hu, britannicában, hoaxmuseum: (Illustration from the earliest printed edition of Mandeville's Travels showing some of the various races and species that Mandeville claimed to have encountered, including (clockwise from top left): the wild men with horns and hoofs; the people with eyes in their shoulders; the folk that have but one foot; and the vegetable lamb)
Phillips, J.R.S. (1988). The Medieval Expansion of Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Milton, Giles. (1996). The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveller. Picador USA.
e-book: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
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