Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail showing Prester John (Latin: Presbyter Johannes). Prester john was a legendary Christian patriarch and king popular in European chronicles and tradition from the 12th through the 17th century. He was said to rule over a 'Nestorian' (Church of the East) Christian nation lost amid the Muslims and pagans of the Orient

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