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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, [1] anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; [1] c. 1185 – 1 August 1252 [2]) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. [3]
"Giovanni di Pian di Carpine". Convegno internazionale "La via dell'Oriente e...dell'America: Marco Polo 1324-2024" (Roma, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 23-25 ottobre 2024)
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. Dates of travel: 1245-1247. Areas visited: Central Asia, Mongolia. Birth / Death: c. 1185 / 1 August, 1252. City of Origin / Family: Pian del Carpine near to Perugia. Report/Manuscript:
Jul 28, 2024 · Giovanni da Pian del Carpini (born c. 1180, Pian del Carpine?, near Perugia, Umbria [Italy]—died August 1, 1252, Antivari [Bar], Dalmatia?) was a Franciscan friar, the first noteworthy European traveler in the Mongol empire, to which he was sent on a formal mission by Pope Innocent IV.
Born at Pian di Carpine (now called della Magione), near Perugia, Umbria, 1182; died probably in 1252. Having entered the Franciscan Order he was a companion of Cæsar of Spires, the leader of the second mission of the Franciscans to Germany in 1221. He took a leading part in founding ...
Ystoria Mongalorum is a report, compiled by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, of his trip to the Mongol Empire. Written in the 1240s, it is the oldest European account of the Mongols. Giovanni was the first European to try to chronicle Mongol history.
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The journey to Mongolia of Giovanni de Plano Carpini and Benedict the Pole of Vratislavia (Wroclaw, Breslau) in 1245–1247 has been explored by historians. But the significance of their careers in Poland and Ruthenia has not yet been studied and remains a subject for future research.
