Reisen nach Russland
Francesco Algarotti
In June 1739 the young Venetian Francesco Algarotti, friend of Voltaire and later of Frederick the Great, sailed with Lord Baltimore to Petersburg for the wedding of the Tsar’s niece, and described the voyage, the new capital, Peter’s navy and the state of Russia in letters to Lord Hervey; he later added four letters from Berlin and Potsdam to Scipione Maffei. Here for the first time in German, translated from the Livorno edition of 1764 by fra bernardo, with notes and glossary (the Italian original «Viaggi di Russia» is also in the Brevier). Reading sample: the dedications and the first four letters, with the notes.
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