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ISBN
9780802849632
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
ISBN-10
0802849636
ISBN-13
9780802849632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1904715

Product Key Features

Original Language
Latin
Book Title
Travels of Friar Odoric : Odoric of Pordenone
Number of Pages
174 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / General
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Author
Friar Odoric
Book Series
Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-053857
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
950/.2
Synopsis
Odoric, a Franciscan monk from northeastern Italy, spent much of the early fourteenth century traveling throughout Asia. His adventures provided one of the most important Western accounts of life and culture in what is present-day Iran, India, Indonesia, China, Nepal, and Russia., Odoric, a Franciscan monk from northeastern Italy, spent much of the early 14th century traveling throughout Asia. His adventures provided one of the most important Western accounts of life and culture in what is present-day Iran, India, Indonesia, China, Nepal, and Russia. Setting off only twenty years after Marco Polo's historic trip to the East, Odoric was the only religious traveler to the East whose voyage was recorded, making his account one of unparalleled importance for scholars and historians. Interestingly, Odoric noted the religious and cultural customs of the places he visited, treating their practices with tolerance, respect, and curiosity. Odoric frequently took pains to tell of spectacular thingsumountains of salt, impenetrable deserts, mice as big as dogs, trees that produced bread, magic fish, sensational pearls, gigantic tortoises, men with the head of a dog, hens covered in wool, and women equipped with fangsumaking this fantastic reading even for those with casual interest. The description of Odoric's journey to the East comes from the account he dictated upon his return to Italy, which was translated and widely circulated throughout Europe. It is one of the finest examples of 14th-century literature extant. The account used in this printing comes from Sir Henry Yule's translation, prepared in 1866 and still unsurpassed for its historic value and its faithfulness to the original Latin text.
LC Classification Number
DS6.O34137 2002

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