Published 10:49 IST, October 10th 2019
London: World's first travel guide to be showcased at British Museum
Considered to be the world's first travel guide, Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam will go on display at the British Museum in London from Oct 10 to Jan 26
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world's first travel guide- 'Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam' will go on public display at British Museum in city of London from October 10, 2019- January 26, 2020, according to international reports. Written by Bernhard von Breidenbach and published in 1486, book quickly became a captivating re for its audience as it gave a detailed description of travel through Italy and across Mediterranean.
world's 'first' travel guide
Representations me by Reiwich were considered to be most accurate pictures of places such as Cairo and Beirut. pictures in guide were so captivating that many people h plans to replicate pictures of Venice and Jerusalem. deces-old book will a part of British Museum's collection will w be a part of a new exhibition that is based on how Islamic world has been influenced by western form of art. A complete map of Jerusalem will be on public display on October 10.
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In dition to this, guide will be a big attraction during exhibition as it is first-ever book to have a printed map of Jerusalem and only a few of first editions have survived and very rarely put on public display because of ps' sensitivity. Giulia Bartrum, a curator at British Museum in London, stated that before this guide came into existence, t many people h travelled extensively and that in turn gave evidence that pictures of places such as Jerusalem or Venice were completely me up. curator furr ded that travel guide was a bestseller during its time and one of main reasons it gained popularity was because of Erhard Reiwich's pictures.
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art movement of 'Orientalism'
exhibition will take into account art movement of Orientalism (works of western artists) with a special emphasis on way rth Africa and Middle East were portrayed as lands of beauty in art me specially in Europe and rth America. orientalist movement furr stretched its reach to or parts of world because of Europeans and rth Americans travelling to distant lands to understand and study different cultures.
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highly anticipated and revered exhibition will end with an outlook of modern times through art of four different artists from Middle East and rth Africa, who are still on ir quest to find identity of a Muslim woman.
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16:08 IST, October 9th 2019