Тhe description of Polish diplomat Francis Bukaty’s travel in 1780

Authors

  • Bogdan Rok University of Wroclaw, Institute of History, 1 Uniwersytecki Square, Wroclaw 50137, Poland
  • Jury L. Kazakov Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

travel, city, land, mile, small town, way

Abstract

The article presents a travel diary of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth diplomat, who was born in Belarus. The diplomat travelled from Warsaw to London in 1780. His diary shows the route, the state of the agriculture and urban crafts, buildings in villages and towns in that period. The considerable attention is paid to the description of defensive structures in Prussia and Germany and the ways of communication. The author characterizes the museum collections and gives information about the religious situation and morals in society.

Author Biographies

  • Bogdan Rok, University of Wroclaw, Institute of History, 1 Uniwersytecki Square, Wroclaw 50137, Poland

    doctor of science (history), full professor; professor

  • Jury L. Kazakov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (history), docent; associate professor at the department of Belarus history of the ancient time and the Middle Ages, faculty of history

References

  1. Rok B. [Description of the travel by Germany and Holland to London anonymous Lithuanian nobleman from 1780]. Sobotka. 1994. Vol. 4. P. 267–268 (in Pol.).
  2. Chachaj M. [Tadeus Bukaty is an author of a description of a travel from Warsaw to London in 1780]. Sobotka. 2001. Vol. 3. P. 365–367 (in Pol.).
  3. Dembinski B. Bukaty Franciszek. Polski slownik biograficzny. Kraków, 1937. Vol. 3. P. 114–115 (in Pol.).
  4. Libiszowska Z. [Polish life in London in the XVIII century]. Warsaw, 1972 (in Pol.).

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Published

2017-06-30

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No. 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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How to Cite

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Rok, B. and Kazakov, J.L. 2017. Тhe description of Polish diplomat Francis Bukaty’s travel in 1780. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2 (Jun. 2017), 107–117.