Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpini Travels to Mongolia
Overview
The Mongols are often remembered as ruthless and marauding nomads who would let nothing stand in their way during the height of their power. T...
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Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpini
1182-1252
Italian Explorer
Long before Marco Polo (1254-1324), there was Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, an Italian priest sent by Pope Innocent IV on the first European mis...
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Giovanni da Pian del Carpini
Born c. 1180, Pian del Carpini, Tuscany Died August 1, 1252, Italy
The Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century frightened all the countries of Europe and Asia. In an a...
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The Italian traveler and Franciscan monk John of Piano Carpini (ca. 1180-1252) journeyed across central Asia and was the first European to write a detailed account of the Mongol Empire.John was born i...
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Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpini Travels to Mongolia
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini
John of Piano Carpini