Bernard Randolph was an English merchant. He stayed in the East for approximately nine years and toured the Peloponnese, the Aegean islands, Crete and Rhodes. Randolph is precise and pragmatic in his text, and does not offer many details. He gives testimony of his personal experience without borrowing material from earlier travel accounts. Randolph left us one of the first travel chronicles, that is, a narrative of an actual journey in Greek terrirories, something unusual for his era. Also uncommon is the fact that he is interested in the contemporary state of the countries he visited rather than the antiquities.

Written by Ioli Vingopoulou

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  Map of Greece with the western shores of Asia Minor. On the lower part a map of Istanbul is provided as well.

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  The Seraglio Point from Galata.

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  The Seraglio Point from Galata.

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  Map of Greece with the western shores of Asia Minor. On the lower part a the map of Istanbul is provided as well.

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  Greek priest and Greek woman in traditional costumes of the Aegean islands.

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  Title page.

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  View of Corinth, the Isthmus of Corinth and Acrocorinth. In the foreground the Venetian fleet sailing the Corinthian Gulf.

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  View of Chalkis and its surroundings.

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  View of Tenedos (Bozcaada).

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  Map of the Peloponnese. On the right top an Albanian shepherd in traditional clothing; on the bottom left, a view of Monemvasia.

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  Title page.