The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis, as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598, together with some shorter pieces; edited by C. Raymond Beazley
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Edited by C. Raymond Beazley, this volume presents John de Plano Carpini and William de Rubruquis’s reports of travel in Mongol lands, alongside shorter travel writings and notes for readers interested in medieval travel and its transmission into English. When Carpini describes a Russian widow ordered to marry her husband’s younger brother, her refusal makes the account’s record of custom sharply concrete. Rubruquis recounts the winter return across open country, where the travelers slept on ground cleared of snow and woke beneath drifts blown over them. The editorial notes compare Hakluyt’s wording with earlier sources, correcting details of direction and explaining old place names and measures.
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