Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger

A Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427

By:

Johannes Schiltberger

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume contains an English translation of the extraordinary story of Johann Schiltberger (1381-?1440), who was captured in battle as a teenager and enslaved by Bayezid I. On the latter's defeat by Timur (Tamburlane) in 1402, Schiltberger fell into the hands of the legendary Scourge of God, and in his service and that of his sons, he travelled to Armenia, Georgia and other Caucasian territories, down the river Volga, to Siberia and to the Crimea, eventually escaping and returning to his home in 1427.

Release date NZ

May 20th, 2010

Author

Johannes Schiltberger

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited by Philip Brunn
Translated by J. Buchan Telfer

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

1 map

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

320

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9781108011495

Product ID

7752838

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