Travel and travellers of the Middle Ages
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Travel and travellers of the Middle Ages
(History of civilization)
Kegan Paul , Extenza-Turpin Distibution , Columbia University Press, 2004
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published in 2004 by Kegan Paul Limited" -- T.p. verso
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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Table of Contents
PREFACE I. INTRODUCTION-THE CONCEPTION OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE AGES II. THE DECAY OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE DECLINE OF EXPLORATION, A.D. 800-500 III. CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGES, A.D. 500-800 IV. THE VIKING AGE V. ARAB TRAVELLERS AND MERCHANTS, A.D. 1000-1500 VI. TRADE AND COMMUNICATION IN EASTERN EUROPE, A.D. 800-1200 VII. THE OPENING OF THE LAND ROUTES TO CATHAY VIII. (i) TRAVELLERS' TALES OF WONDER AND IMAGINATION (ii) EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS IN AFRICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES IX. PRESTER JOHN AND THE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA X. THE SEARCH FOR THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA
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