Book of Marvels and Travels

''Another island in the Great Ocean has many sinful and malevolent women, who have precious gems in their eyes.'' In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. He tells us about the Sultan in Cairo, the Great Khan in China, and the mythical Christian pri...