d'Outremeuse, J. (English spelling) dOutremeuseJ

Japanese: d'Outremeuse,J.(英語表記)dOutremeuseJ
d'Outremeuse, J. (English spelling) dOutremeuseJ

...There is also a theory that he is a fictional character. However, in the notes of Jean d'Outremeuse, a notary in Liège, discovered in the late 19th century, it is recorded that an old man named Jean de Bourgogne, who had fled England after murdering a high-ranking man, confessed that his real name was John Mandeville when he was on his deathbed in 1372. The book "Journey to the East" is said to have been completed in 1366, 34 years after the author set sail from England in 1332 and traveled around the world, and was originally written in French. ...

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Japanese:

…また一部には彼を虚構の人物とする説もある。しかし19世紀後半に発見されたリエージュの公証人ドゥートルミューズJean d’Outremeuseの手記には,イングランドで身分の高い者を殺害したため逃亡してきたド・ブルゴーニュJean de Bourgogneなる老人が1372年に臨終を迎えたとき,自分の本名はジョン・マンデビルだと告白したことが記されている。 《東方旅行記》は著者が1332年にイギリスを船出し世界各地を旅したのち,34年後の66年に完成させたとされる書物で,元来はフランス語で書かれたらしい。…

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