In the history of exploration, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Giovanni da Pian del Carpine as Roman Catholic archbishop and traveller (1182–1252).
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was born at Magione in 1182.
This was the great age of overland travel: Arab geographers, Chinese Buddhist pilgrims and Norse seafarers each reached further than Europe knew.
He is recorded as explorer, catholic priest and diplomat.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine died in 1252, aged 70. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, Catholic priest and diplomat
