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Russia

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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
Russia
4

Xiaopeng

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

Colette Modiano's
China
6.5

Colette Modiano

What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the "Cultural Revolution"?

Wolfgang BĂĽscher's
Russia
7.5

Wolfgang BĂĽscher

Will the search for the "Russian soul" ruin an otherwise great book?

Giovanni DiPlano Carpini's
Mongolia
7.3

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Was it naive to hope for peace with the Khan?

Guillaume de Rubrouck's
Mongolia
8.5

William of Rubruck

How is it possible that 750 years don't seem to leave a trace?

Karl Bushby's
Russia
6

Karl Bushby

Who would have thought it was possible to cross the Bering Strait on foot?

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?

Sven Hedin's
China
6.3

Sven Hedin

Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?

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?

Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky's
China
5.3

Nikolai Przhevalsky

Is this too much racism even for an imperialist?

Johann Schiltberger's
Turkey
7.3

Johann Schiltberger

Is this guy our average Joe from the Middle Ages?

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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