Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Mapping Out Journeys

1. Maps
a. T-O World Map
b. Osma Beatus World Map
c. Sawley (or Henry of Mainz) World Map
d. Al-Idrisi World Map
e. Carte pisane
2. Woodcuts of Cities (Parens [Pore¿ ], Corfu, Modon [Methoni])
3. Woodcuts of People
a. "Exotic" People (Saracens [Muslims], Jews, Greeks, Syrians, Ethiopians, Turks)
b. Monsters
4. Cosmas Indikopleustes, The Christian Topography of Cosmas
5. Einsiedeln Itinerary
6. Einhard, The Translation and Miracles of Marcellinus and Peter
7. Paris Conversations
8. Richer of St-Rémi, Histories
9. Jordanus of Severac, Mirabilia descripta
10. Book of the Knowledge of All Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships That Are in the World

Chapter Two: Religious Journeys

11. Travel Prayers in the Gregorian Sacramentary
12. The Vision of Adamnán
13. Life of Anskar
14. The Western European Monk Bernard’s Journey to Jerusalem
15. Al-Tabari, The Prophet Ascends to the Seventh Heaven
16. The Seafarer
17. The Russian Primary Chronicle
18. Life of Saint Christopher
19. Benedict the Pole, Narrative
20. Pascal de Vitoria, Letter
21. The Book of Margery Kempe

Chapter Three: Business Journeys

22. Ibn Khurraddadhbih, Book of Routes and Realms
23. The Reports of Ohthere and Wulfstan
24. Letters from Jewish Merchants in the Cairo Geniza
25. Marco Polo, Travels
26. Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Merchant Handbook
27. Afanasy Nikitin, Voyage beyond Three Seas

Chapter Four: Diplomatic Journeys

28. Ibn Fadlan, Mission to the Volga
29. Liudprand of Cremona, Retribution and Embassy
30. Rabban Sauma, Travelogue
31. Ghiyyath al-Din Naqqash, A Persian Embassy to China
32. Abd-al-Razzaq Samarqandi, Narrative of the Journey

Chapter Five: Journeys of Discovery and Adventure

33. Saga of the Greenlanders
34. Nasir-i Khusraw, Book of Travels
35. Benjamin of Tudela, Itinerary
36. Ibn Jubayr, Travels
37. Ibn Battuta, Rihla
38. Petrarch, Ascent of Mt. Ventoux
39. Pero Tafur, Voyages and Adventures
40. Jörg von Ehingen, Diary

Sources
Index of Topics