MDT Ep. 83: Concerning Island Kingdoms, Bloodsuckers, and Flesh-Eaters

Medieval Death Trip

This episode, we check in once again with 14th-century traveler Odoric of Pordenone as he takes in the many lands between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, including Sri Lanka, Java, Borneo, Vietnam, and some that remain rather mysterious. Today's Texts: Odoric of Pordenone. "The Eastern Parts of the World, Described." Cathay and the Way Thither, translated by Henry Yule, vol. 1, Hakluyt Society, 1866, pp. 43-162. Google Books. Odoricus. "The Voyage of Frier Beatus Ordoricus to Asia Minor, Armenia, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, and Other Remote Parts, &c." The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, edited and translated by Richard Hakluyt, vol. 4, Macmillan 1904, pp. 371-444. Google Books. Audio credits: Recordings by Freesound.org user RTB45 used under Creative Commons Attribution license. --"Borneo Jungle - Day" (https://freesound.org/s/253291/) --"Javanese Angklung Music – Indonesia" (https://freesound.org/s/253962/) --"Javanese Court Gamelan 3 - Indonesia" (https://freesound.org/s/255542/) --"Bali Cremation Ceremony - Prelude" (https://freesound.org/s/149186/) Recording by Kevin Luce used under Creative Commons Attribution license. --"Cham Music and Dances" (https://freesound.org/s/440669/)