ABSTRACT

This carefully complied work marks an important contribution to the history of Medieval travel. It will appeal to the scholar and to the general reader. It covers such areas as the conception of the world in the Middle Ages, Christian pilgrimages, the Vikings, Arab travellers, traveller’s tales of the East and Prester John.

chapter III|31 pages

CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGES, A.D. 500–800

chapter VII|39 pages

THE OPENING OF THE LAND ROUTES TO CATHAY

chapter VIII|15 pages

CHAPTER VIII

chapter IX|25 pages

PRESTER JOHN AND THE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA