Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini,[1] anglicised as John of Plano Carpini;[1] c. 1185 – 1 August 1252[2]) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.[3] He was the author of the earliest important Western account of northern and Central Asia, Rus', and other regions of the Mongol dominion.[4] He served as the Primate of Serbia, based in Antivari, from 1247 to 1252.[5]
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