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Sri Lanka

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China
4.8

Nadine Hudson

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

Xiao Peng's
Sri Lanka
4

Xiaopeng

If this book isn't badly written, then why is it still bad?

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?

Marco Polo's
China
5.5

Marco Polo

Why is this one still so good today, even though a lot of it is untrue?

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