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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) 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.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, Franciscan friar who was the first noteworthy European traveler in the Mongol empire. He wrote the earliest important Western work on Central Asia, and his account of Mongol customs and history is probably the best treatment of the subject by any medieval Christian writer.
In 1245-1247 John of Plano Carpini (Pian del Carpine) and Benedict the Pole, two Franciscan monks, were sent as envoys of Pope Innocent IV to the Mongol Khan. The monks traveled through the dominions of Khan Batu (ruler of the "Golden Horde") to the vicinity of Karakorum, where they witnessed the proclamation of Güyüg as the new Great Khan.
1182-1252. Italian Explorer. L ong before Marco Polo (1254-1324), there was Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, an Italian priest sent by Pope Innocent IV on the first European mission to the court of the Mongol's Great Khan.
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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine o di Pian del Carpine o da Piano dei Carpini o Iohannes de Plano Carpini (Pian del Carpine, 1182 circa – Antivari, 1º agosto 1252) è stato un arcivescovo cattolico e missionario francescano italiano, autore dell'Historia Mongalorum, un resoconto del suo viaggio in Mongolia nel 1245-1247
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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.
