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Philippe Valéry
Not personal enough.
In the late 1990s, French manager Philippe Valéry is in his thirties when he decides to walk from Marseille to Kashgar…
a blog about travel literature
a blog about travel literature
Not personal enough.
In the late 1990s, French manager Philippe Valéry is in his thirties when he decides to walk from Marseille to Kashgar…
The real Baudolino.
In the 14th century, English knight Jean de Mandeville claims to have traveled around much of the known (and unknown) world…
A wagging finger.
In 1325, young Moroccan scholar Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta embarks on his hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. But he doesn’t stop there…
A (medieval) average Joe.
In 1394, Johann Schiltberger is still a teenager when he embarks on what historians have later dubbed the “Last Crusade”. He gets captured in the Battle of Nicopolis and serves as a slave to the Ottomans for six years…