Alman asıllı Hans Jacob Breüning Von Buchenbach (1552-1616) Tübingen'in eski bir soylu ailesi mensubu olarak klasik öğrenim görür. Paris ve Londra'da Jean Carlier de Pinon ile arkadaşlık yapıp 1579'da birlikte Kutsal Yerlere hacılık seyahati yaparlar.

Antik yunan ve latin coğrafyacıların kitapları ve elde bulunan seyahatnamelerle donanmış olarak 1579 yılının 30 Nisan günü Venedik'ten yola çıkarlar. İyon ve Ege adalarını geçip aynı yıl 22 Haziran'da İstanbul'a varırlar. Osmanlı başkentinde bir ay kadar kalıp Mısır'ı da ziyaret ettikten sonra Kutsal Yerlere varırlar. Breüning 1579'un Aralık ayında Marsilya'ya döner. 1584'te Obervogt yöresinde yönetici ve yargıç görevlerinde bulunur, 1595'te ise İngiltere kraliçesi I. Elisabeth'e giden elçilik heyetinin başında bulunur.

Birçok tahta gravürle tamamlanan seyahatnamesi 1612'de yayınlanır. Breüning yolculuğu sırasında karşılaştığı insan toplumlarıyla ilgilenir. Betimlemeleri dikkatli bir gözlemcinin betimlemeleri olup vakayinamesini yol arkadaşının yazdığı benzer metinden farklı kılan unsurdur.

Yazan: İoli Vingopoulou

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  Title page. Allegoric representation of the four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

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  Dedication of the author to the Duke John Friedrich of Württemberg.

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  Frontispiece. Portrait of the author, Hans Jacob Breuning, at the age of fifty-eight, surrounded by allegoric figures: Truth prevails over Slander and Envy.

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  Coat of Arm of the House of Breuning von Buchenbach. Poem dedicated to the author, Hans Jacob Breuning.

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  Title page of the first voyage of the author.

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  The costumes of Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon when traveling from Venice to Istanbul.

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in typical Greek and Albanian costumes (a combination of Greek and Turksih costumes).

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  Map of the Dardanelles.

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in costumes typical to wealthy French merchants of Istanbul.

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  The Janissary and the interpreter that accompanied Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon around Istanbul. Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in costumes typical to West European merchants in the Ottoman Empire.

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  Inscriptions from the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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  Plan of the columns of Yerebatan Cistern.

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  Frontispiece of the second travel of Jacob Breuning (from Istanbul to Egypt).

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  Costumes from the Ottoman capital, with "Armenian" turban, that Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon wore during their trip from Istanbul to Egypt.

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  Coats of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval city of Rhodes.

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  Costumes of Jewish people from Rhodes island, worn by Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon. On the left, their Jewish guide, Abraham.

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  The Janissary and the interpreter that accompanied Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in their trip from Istanbul to Egypt. Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in costumes typical to Istanbul and Egypt.

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  Civet in Alexandria.

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  Egyptian mongoose ( Herpestes Ichneumon).

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon on their way from Alexandria to Rosetta, accompanied by their Jewish interpreter, Raphael. In the background Egyptians collecting dates.

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  Chameleon from Egypt.

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  Vatican Nile.

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  Crocodiles from Cairo region.

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  Lizard from Cairo region. Fish of the Nile.

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  Ottoman costumes that Jacob Βreuning and his companion του Carlier de Pinon wore in Istanbul and Egypt. On Janissary costumes their guides.

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  Giraffe that Jacob Breuning saw at the fortress of Cairo.

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  Bovid from Egypt, most probably of the genus Bos indicus or Zebu.

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  Bovid of the Gazelle or Oryx genus, that Jacob Breuning saw at the castle of Cairo.

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  Genet that Jacob Breuning Saw at the castle of Cairo.

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in Ottoman costumes on their way to the Pyramids, and accompanied by Janissaries and their Jewish interpreter. In the background Sycamores and Cassias

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  Mummies from Giza, Egypt.

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  View of the Giza Pyramids. View of the Spinx.

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  The embalmed serpent seen by Jacob Breuning in Cairo, which at the time was shown as specimen of a "flying serpent".

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  Embalmed tapir from South America, seen by Jacob Breuning in Cairo.

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  Rendering of the lost painting of the Calumny of Apelles.

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  Chameleons from Cairo.

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  Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlierde Pinon, and their escorts setting off to Mount Sinai (from Cairo).

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  Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlier de Pinon, and their escorts on their way to Mount Sinai.

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  Rock from the ossuary in Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, Egypt, on which the figure of Saint Cathrine is sketched.

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  Moses' rock on Mount Sinai.

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  View of Mount Sinai with Saint Catherine's Monastery, as well as other monasteries and chapels.

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  Pilgrims inscriptions on Mount Sinai, Egypt.

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  Frontispiece of the third travel of Jacob Breuning, from Egypt to Palestine.

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  Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlier de Pinon and their guide on their trip from Egypt to Palestine. Jacob Breuning and his companion wear Ottoman costumes, yet their hats are similar to those of Christian pilgrims. In the same context, their guide carries a pilgrim as well as a rosario.

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  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In the foreground, a Turk charges the pilgrims their entrance to the church.

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  Interior view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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  Emblem of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

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  Emblem of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Τhe escutcheon with the full wheel is mostly carried by Knights of the Order that besides Jerusalem have made their pilgrim to Mount Sinai as well.

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  Escutcheon of the House of Breuning von Buchenbach surrounded by emblems of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

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  Frontispiece of the fourth travel of Jacob Breuning, in Palestine, Tripoli and Syria.

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  Map of Mesopotamia.

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in Ottoman costumes at Tripoli, Lebanon. Also depicted their escorts, a local interpreter and a Janissary.

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  Jacob Breuning his companion Carlier de Pinon, and their escort, a local interpreter and a Janissary, on their way to Tripoli, Lebanon.

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  Frontispiece of the fifth travel of Jacob Breuning, return to Europe.

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  Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in traveling costumes during their return journey to Europe (from Tripoli in Lebanon to Marseille, France).