3. Diplomats and Explorers. Travels to Ukraine in the 16th Century
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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