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North Africa

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China
4.8

Nadine Hudson

Why is it often better for a writer to not put things into perspective?

Nicole Roetheli's -
Brazil
4.3

Nicole Roetheli

Why is this so choppy?

Serge Roetheli's -
USA
4.8

Serge Roetheli

How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?

San Mao's
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
6.5

Sanmao

How did this writer become an archetype for female travelers from China?

Jehan de Mandeville's
Iraq
5.3

Jean de Mandeville

Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta's
Saudi Arabia
5.3

Ibn Battuta

Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?

Johann Schiltberger's
Turkey
7.3

Johann Schiltberger

Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?

Christopher Columbus'
Bahamas
7.5

Christopher Columbus

Was this guy an evil proto-colonialist, or was he a sort of likeable dreamer?

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