Global Britain? A brief chronology of an awareness of Britain's existence — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/02/global-britain-brief-chronology.html …pic.twitter.com/YNqrOrN3DC
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Was captured in Austria during sudden Mongol withdrawal from Europe, 1242; details of his past recorded by captors: https://archive.org/stream/matthewparissen01rishgoog#page/n486/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/IwAicy1lKa
Was there a Scandinavian who visited Alfred's court, and is mentioned in the chronicle? Possibly was a whaler?
Yes! :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohthere_of_Hålogaland … Don't include here, sadly, as looking specifically at non-Atlantic/NW European awareness of Brit.
As to SE Asia, unclear when aware of Britain, tho' Irish friar there in 1320s+medieval English coins in Vietnam... (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T7Jl6LgZSVUC&pg=PA2&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false …)
A meeting between King Edward I of England & Rabban Bar Sauma, a monk+diplomat from China who visited 13thC Europe: http://www.aina.org/books/mokk/mokk.htm#c48 …pic.twitter.com/WkXTdZzOIG
Matthew Paris's 13thC account of the capture of the Englishman who acted as envoy for the Mongols during their European invasion c.1241—he had lost everything gambling at Acre, Israel, and then travelled east & joined the Mongols: https://archive.org/stream/matthewparissen01rishgoog#page/n486/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/UA72ICHb9r
“Acre,Israel”? Where does it say that?
I can't tell if this is a real question... It clearly says Acre, which I'm giving the current location of... Or are you making a political point? Not sure I care overmuch, so *block*
is this the former Geordie monk who was captured by the Poles and killed. Always thought it would make a great novel 
Edward 1 joined up with forces of Mongol Abaqa Khan during 9th crusade.
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