Herbert Krüger: Das älteste deutsche Routenhandbuch. Jörg Gails “Raißbüchlin” [1563], Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt 1974 Signature: Ff 120-5740 Figures: Frontispiece; pp. 357-358; Map no. 4 (leaflet) Jörg Gail’s Raißbüchlin was originally published by Valentin Otmar (?–1566) in Augsburg in 1563, making it the oldest printed German travel guide, and at the same time the …
Sigmund von Herberstein: Reise zu den Moskowitern [1549], ed. Traudl Seifert, München: F. Bruckmann KG 1966 Signature: Ff 120-5660 Figures: Frontispiece; Map (pp. 28-29); Portrait Commentarii Rerum Moscoviticarum, a standard work on the history and constitution of the Russian lands, written by Austrian nobleman Sigmund Freiherr von Herberstein and originally published in Latin (1549), continued …
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In the 16th century, the politically tense situation in Eastern Europe drew several important diplomats to areas belonging to present-day Ukraine. Such journeys were made possible not least by the growing number of itineraries to this region, of which Jörg Gail’s (1520-28–1584) Reißbüchlin is one of the earliest examples. Sigmund von Herberstein (1486–1566), for instance, …
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