[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [Missionaries and travellers](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.travel) › Ystoria Mongalorum # Ystoria Mongalorum John of Plano Carpini, History of the Mongols A Mongol army defeated 'India Minor' (taken to be Ethiopia) and turned against the Christians of 'India Maior', whose king, Prester John, routed it with fire-spewing copper figures (ch. 5). - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 1247 CE - **Author:** [Iohannes de Plano Carpini](https://indike.org/pramana/person/john-plano-carpini) - **Extent:** 8,100 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Journey of William of Rubruck … with two accounts of the earlier journey of John of Pian de Carpine](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.travel.carpini~en-rockhill) — English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.travel.carpini](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.travel.carpini) · Pramāṇa