Akbari, Suzanne ConklinSuzanne ConklinAkbari2004-02-182026-02-182004Conklin Akbari, Suzanne, “The Diversity of Mankind in 'The Book of John Mandeville',” in Eastward Bound: Travel and Travellers, 1050-1550, edited by Rosamund Allen, Manchester University Press, 2004, pp.156-76.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12111/10135In this chapter I will examine how the author of "The Book of John Mandeville" presents the people located at the fringes of the species of mankind, found particularly in Ethiopia and India - that is, the so-called 'monstrous races' - and the human populations living closest to them.en-USBook chapter