Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Papal envoy to the Mongolian court

1182 CE to 1252 CE

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, or John of Plano Carpini or John of Pian de Carpine or Joannes de Plano (1182 – August 1, 1252) is one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

He is the author of the earliest important Western account of northern and central Asia, Rus, and other regions of the Mongol dominion.

He is the Serbian Primate and Archbishop of Antivari from 1247 to 1252.

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