S. Kupriienko, PhD in History
National Museum of Ukrainian History, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2016.130.3.10
PEDRO CUBERO SEBASTIAN: THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD VOYAGE IN THE EASTERN DIRECTION
The analysis of the book "Peregrinación del mundo" published by a pilgrim traveler Pedro Cubero Sebastian in 1682 is made. The main directions of his trip, its dating is determined and put forward a hypothesis about the artificial route depicted in his book. We can draw a conclusion about the discoveries that was made by Pedro Cubero in his travel. As we have found out Pedro Cubero 1) was the first to made a trip around the world in an easterly direction and 2) the journey by land and sea; 3) the first to found the location of Troy (before Schliemann); 4) he was also the first who refuted the testimony of ancient authors about the existence in distant countries of "monsters", and he suggested that it was only a metaphor or mistranslation of metaphors (citing the example of the Chinese people and their understanding of metaphorical expression "one-eyed people"); 5) the first described bison, 6) the cinnamon plant and 7) he was the first to describe the fire-ball in action; 8) the first wrote about the different traditions of alcoholic beverages production (beer, kvass, vodka, mash, mead, wine, etc.) and mentioned the correct components required for their production. We have also singled out issues that need further research.
Key words: ethnography, historical geography, сircumnavigation, pilgrimage, Pedro Cubero Sebastián, Eastern Europe.
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