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    Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval...
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    Tatars is demonstrably derived from the work of the Franciscan Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who went as the pope's ambassador to the Tatars in 1245–1247;...
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    Giovanni da Pian del Carpine with Benedykt Polak. None of them however reached China itself. Later travelers such as Odoric of Pordenone and Giovanni...
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    Conti (1395–1469) Andrea Corsali (1487–?) Antonio da Noli (1418–1496) Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (1185–1252) Ardito Desio (1897–2001) Alfonso de Tonti...
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  • the report of Friar Benedict of Poland about the 1246 trip of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine through the camp of Mongol prince Batu Khan on the shores of...
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    Batu, who had him executed in September 1246. Italian diplomat Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini) visited Kiev in 1246. Afterwards...
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    Alan-Dzurdzuk wars against the Mongols. According to the missionary Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, a part of the Alans had successfully resisted a Mongol siege...
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    cities of Russia with the exceptions of Novgorod and Pskov. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, the Pope's envoy to the Mongol Great Khan, traveled through...
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    number of spelling variants. The name occurs in the writings of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (c. 1180–1252) (as Kitaia), and William of Rubruck (c. 1220–c...
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    friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter. Benedict accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in his journey as delegate of Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khan...
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