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

Map 3.2 : Textual Imaginings



Carignano Portolan Map (1305-1327)

The Travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone (1330)

"Dulcert" Chart (1339)

Book of Marvels (1340)

Rémundar's Saga (1350) 

Le Chemin de la peregrinacion et du voyage (1351)

The Book of John Mandeville (c. 1356-1360)

History of the Three Kings (c. 1364-1375)

Letter of Prester John to Emperor Charles IV (c. 1370)

Catalan Atlas (1375)

Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms (1385)

The Canarien (1406)

Itinerarius (c. 1400-1424)

Fragmentary Scottish Letter of Prester John, found in Andrew of Wyntoun, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (c. 1420-1425)

Travels of Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal (1433)

Crónica da Tomada de Ceuta (1450)

Travels and Adventures (1454)


Frau Mauro Map (1459)

Guerrino il Meschino (written c. 1409; published 1472)


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