3. Diplomats and Explorers

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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Sigmund von Herberstein: Reise zu den Moskowitern

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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Herbert Krüger: Jörg Gails “Raißbüchlin”

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 …

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