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Ms Fr 2810 f.14v Marco Polo with elephants and camels arriving at Hormuz on the Gulf of Persia from India, from the 'Livre des Merveilles du Monde', c.1410-12

Boucicaut Master, (fl.1390-1430) (and workshop); French. Medium: vellum. Date: 15th Century. Collected record of travels in the Orient, including those of Marco Polo (1254-1324) Odorico de Pordone (c.1286-1331) Guillaume de Boldensele, the Armenian monk Hayton, Ricaldo da Monte di Croce (c.1243-1320) and the fictitious knight Sir John de Mandeville; Provenance: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.