The Travels of Sir John Mandeville - 1371
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
To teach you the way out of England to Constantinople
CHAPTER II
Of the cross and the crown of our Lord Jesu Christ
CHAPTER III
Of the city of Constantinople, and of the faith of Greeks
CHAPTER IV
[Of the Way from Constantinople to Jerusalem.] Of Saint John the Evangelist. And
of the Ypocras Daughter, transformed from a Woman to a Dragon
CHAPTER V
[Of diversities in Cyprus; of the Road from Cyprus to Jerusalem, and of the
Marvel of a Fosse full of Sand]
CHAPTER VI
Of many names of Soldans, and of the Tower Of Babylon
CHAPTER VII
Of the country of Egypt; of the bird phoenix of Arabia; of the city of Cairo; of
the cunning to know balm and to prove it; and of the garners of Joseph
CHAPTER VIII
Of the isle of Sicily; of the way from Babylon to the Mount Sinai; of the church
of Saint Catherine and of all the marvels there
CHAPTER IX
Of the desert between the church of Saint Catherine and Jerusalem. Of the dry
tree; and how roses came first into the world
CHAPTER X
Of the pilgrimages in Jerusalem, and of the holy places thereabout
CHAPTER XI
Of the temple of our Lord. Of the cruelty of King Herod. Of the Mount Sion. Of
probatica piscina; and of natatorium siloe
CHAPTER XII
Of the Dead Sea; and of the flome Jordan. Of the head of Saint John the Baptist;
and of the usages of the Samaritans
CHAPTER XIII
Of the province of Galilee, and where antichrist shall be born. Of Nazareth. Of
the age of Our Lady. Of the day of doom. And of the customs of Jacobites,
Syrians; and of the usages of Georgians
CHAPTER XIV
Of the city of Damascus. Of three ways to Jerusalem; one, by land and by sea;
another, more by land than by sea; and the third way to Jerusalem, all by land
CHAPTER XV
Of the customs of Saracens, and of their law. And how the Soldan reasoned me,
author of this book; and of the beginning of Mohammet
CHAPTER XVI
Of the lands of Albania and of Libia. Of the wishings for watching of the
sparrow-hawk; and of Noah's ship
CHAPTER XVII
Of the land of Job; and of his age. Of the array of men of Chaldea. Of the land
where women dwell without company of men. Of the knowledge and virtues of the
very diamond
CHAPTER XVIII
Of the customs of isles about Ind. Of the difference betwixt idols and
simulacres. Of three manner growing of pepper upon one tree. Of the well that
changeth his odour every hour of the day; and that is marvel
CHAPTER XIX
Of the dooms made by St. Thomas's hand. Of devotion and sacrifice made to idols
there, in the city of Calamye; and of the procession in going about the city
CHAPTER XX
Of the evil customs used in the isle of Lamary. And how the earth and the sea be
of round form and shape, by proof of the star that is clept Antarctic, that is
fixed in the south
CHAPTER XXI
Of the palace of the king of the isle of Java. Of the trees that bear meal,
honey, wine, and venom; and of other marvels and customs used in the isles
marching thereabout
CHAPTER XXII
How men know by the idol, if the sick shall die or not. Of folk of diverse shape
and marvellously disfigured. And of the monks that gave their relief to baboons,
apes, and marmosets, and to other beasts
CHAPTER XXIII
Of the Great Chan of Cathay. Of the royalty of his palace, and how he sits at
meat; and of the great number of officers that serve him
CHAPTER XXIV
Wherefore he is clept the Great Chan. Of the style of his letters, and of the
superscription about his great seal and his privy seal
CHAPTER XXV
Of the governance of the Great Chan's court, and when he maketh solemn feasts.
Of his philosophers. And of his array, when he rideth by the country
CHAPTER XXVI
Of the law and the customs of the Tartarians dwelling in Cathay. And how that
men do when the emperor shall die, and how he shall be chosen
CHAPTER XXVII
Of the realm of Tharse and the lands and kingdoms towards the septentrional
parts, in coming down from the land of Cathay
CHAPTER XXVIII
The emperor of Persia, and of the land of darkness; and of other kingdoms that
belong to the Great Chan of Cathay, and other lands of his, unto the sea of
Greece
CHAPTER XXIX
Of the countries and isles that be beyond the land of Cathay; and of the fruits
there; and of twenty-two kings enclosed within the mountains
CHAPTER XXX
Of the royal estate of Prester John. And of a rich man that made a marvellous
castle and cleped it paradise; and of his subtlety
CHAPTER XXXI
Of the devil's head in the valley perilous. And of the customs of folk in
diverse isles that be about in the lordship of Prester John
CHAPTER XXXII
Of the goodness of the folk of the isle of Bragman. Of King Alexander. And
wherefore the emperor of Ind is clept Prester John
CHAPTER XXXIII
Of the hills of gold that Pismires keep. And of the four floods that come from
paradise terrestrial
CHAPTER XXXIV
Of the customs of kings and other that dwell in the isles coasting to Prester
John's land. And of the worship that the son doth to the father when he is dead