GIOVANNI DA PIAN DEL CARPINI
1180 - 1252

The English called him John of Plano Carpini, sometimes John of Pian de Carpine.

Giovanni was a Franciscan friar who liked to travel extensively and write about his journeys. Pope Innocent IV sent him on a mission to travel to the Mongol Empire, which he did from 1245-1247.

And this is his travel route

ROUTE OF JOHN OF PLANO CARPINI
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