This is fascinating: apparently evidence for a Chinese stonemason in medieval Norwich... :)https://twitter.com/AngelRoofsofEA/status/906240952301490176 …
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Movement in opposite direction too eg Wm of Rubruck encountered Basil, a man of English origin, in Mongolia in 1254: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/02/global-britain-brief-chronology.html …
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Likewise the Englishman who was the Mongol envoy to Hungary c.1241; lost everything gambling in Acre, Israel, then went east+joined Mongols…pic.twitter.com/Eu34KimGry
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In the E14thC James of Ireland travelled w/ Odoric of Pordenone to Sumatra+China: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52000858n/f213.item … — BnF Français 2810, f.104r, 15thCpic.twitter.com/yctQxZtPtv
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'The Eastern Parts of the World Described', by Odoric of Pordenone: https://archive.org/stream/cathaywaythither02yule#page/96/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/riNHCXIyDD
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