Mandeville, John, Sir, 1357 (Supposed Writer)
Dates
- Existence: supp. fl. c. 1357
Biography
Sir John Mandeville was the supposed author of the Voyages de Jehan de Mandeville chevalier, a travel memoir that appeared anonymously in France c. 1357. The book is a vernacular account of the known world, loosely based upon the alleged travels of its narrator. It was translated into many languages and was extremely popular. In the book the narrator declares that he is Sir John Mandeville, born and bred in St Albans, who left England in 1322 and travelled the world for many years, serving the sultan of Cairo and visiting the Great Khan, and finally in 1357 in age and illness setting down his account of the world. Mandeville was undoubtedly a fiction, and a definitive auhorship has never been determined.
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mandeville
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Song titled "The Origin of the Rose", 1810-1857
Song titled "The Origin of the Rose." A note before the verses reads, "From the voyages and travels of Sir John Mandeville (one of my father's family)." Mandeville was the purported writer of the extremely popular travel memoir "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" which first appeared in France in 1357 and was translated into many languages. Mandeville was, however, largely believed to be a fictional figure, and the actual identity of the author is unconfirmed.