Book Of Knowledge Of All The Kingdoms, Lands, And Lordships That Are In The World
(Left) Flag of Sant Estropoli, identified by medieval scholars as Sebastopolis (modern Sukhum).
Book Of Knowledge Of All The Kingdoms, Lands, And Lordships That Are In The World, And The Arms And Devices Of Each Land And Lordship, Or Of The Kings And Lords Who Possess Them (Second Series No. XXIX)
Author: Anonymous
Year: 1912
Publisher: The Hakluyt Society
Place of Publication: London
Number of pages: 180
Language: English
The Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms (Libro del Conosçimiento) is a fascinating 14th-century Castilian manuscript written as an imaginary travelogue. Following a fictional friar on a journey across the known and mythical world, this anonymous c. 1385 text serves as a vibrant geographical manual and armorial roll, mapping out the world's lands, kings, and coats of arms. Blending the popular travel lore of its era with real medieval cartography, it offers a captivating window into the 14th-century imagination.
The full book in PDF can be downloaded by clicking here (18.7 MB)
See also:
+ The Caucasian peoples and their neighbours in 1404, by Lajos Tardy
+ Abkhazia and Italian city-states of the XIII-XV centuries, by Viacheslav Chirikba
+ The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The version of the Cotton Manuscript in modern spelling