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Rh dière: Oderic, in the “Biographie Universelle”, t. xxxi, p. 499.

Ibn Batuta, an Arabian author, left an account of a journey, in which the Russians are incidentally mentioned.

See respecting him, Frähn’s Ibn Foszlan, p. 229.

His work first appeared in an English translation entitled—

A Portuguese translation of the entire work was published under the title—

A particular account of Ibn Batuta and his travels will be found in the “Roosskiee Viestneek”, 1841; No. 2, p. 462.

Jean de Cor, a Franciscan monk, was sent in 1330, by Pope John XXII, as missionary into Tartary,