order:
![Giovanni DiPlano Carpini's "The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145555.jpg)
5.8
Mongolia
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Was it naive to hope for peace with the Khan?
The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars | 1245 | 2 years | Mongolia | caravan
![Guillaume de Rubrouck's "Account of the Mongols"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150232.jpg)
6.8
Mongolia
William of Rubruck
How is it possible that 750 years don’t seem to leave a trace?
Account Of The Mongols | 1253 | 2 years | China | caravan
![Sven Hedin's "In The Heart Of Asia"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150256.jpg)
5
China
Sven Hedin
Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?
In The Heart Of Asia | 1893 | 4 years | China | caravan
![Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky's "Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-150040.jpg)
4.2
China
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Is this too much racism even for an imperialist?
Mongolia And The Land Of The Tanguts | 1870 | 3 years | China | caravan