Accounts of travel are a popular and accessible source for research on historical relations between “East” and “West” and are attractive for specialists and non-specialists alike. In the pre-modern period a large number of such accounts were published all over Europe, and almost without exception these volumes are now scarce and priceless. Some were republished later in modern editions (like those in the Hakluyt series), but these are often out of print at present.
IDC Publishers has brought together 143 travel accounts from more than 15 different libraries. This unique IDC collection offers a representative sample of Western travelogues in English, French, and German published until 1800. Predominantly covering the Ottoman Empire, the collection also stretches into Ethiopia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, North Africa, and of course Iran.
This collection is part of the new IDC series The Eastern Question.
Part 2 will be published End 2007.
| Number of titles | 143 | | Number of microfiches | 1,535 |
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