The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini,
sent ambassadour by Pope Innocentius the iiii. An. Do. 1246. to the
great CAN of Tartaria; wherin he passed through Bohemia, Polonia,
Russia, and so to the citie of Kiow vpon Boristhenes, and from
thence rode continually post for the space of sixe moneths through
Comania, ouer the mighty and famous riuers of Tanais, Volga, and
Iaic, and through the countries of the people called Kangittę,
Bisermini, Kara–Kitay, Naimani, and so to the natiue countrie
of the Mongals or Tartars, situate in the extreme Northeasterne
partes of all Asia: and thence backe againe the same way to Russia,
and Polonia, and so to Rome; spending in the whole voyage among the
sayd Tartars one whole yeere and aboue foure moneths. Taken out of
the 32. booke of Vincentius Beluacensis his Speculum
historiale.
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