Notes upon Russia
A Translation of the Earliest Account of that Country, Entitled Rerum moscoviticarum commentarii, by the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein

The second part of Herberstein's account of his visits to Russia in 1517 and 1526, published in English in 1852.

Sigismund von Herberstein (Author), Richard Henry Major (Edited and translated by)

9781108008082, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2010

292 pages, 1 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.37 kg

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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, first published in 1852, contains an English translation of the second part of the account by Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566) of his visits to Russia in 1517 and 1526 as Ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor. He published his Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii in Latin in 1549, and it is the earliest detailed Western description of the land and people of Russia. Here Herberstein describes the geography and history of the country, with more fascinating details about the people and their customs.

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Notes upon Russia
Of the north-east frostie seas and kingdoms lying that way
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]