The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six Centuries

A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages

John Ray (1627-1705) penned this imaginative travelogue, clearly inspired by Mandeville, in 1693. In discussing Prester John, Ray asserts that the priest king sent griffins from his home in Africa to the Persian king in order to seek a military alliance against the Turks. 

 

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