Resumen de Riflessi d’Oriente: esperienze e memorie di due viaggiatori toscani in Levante (1760-1792)
The essay provides an assessment of the perceptions of the Ottoman Near East in Tuscany and Italy in the late eighteenth century and discusses their diffusion in Europe on the verge of the French Revolution. The text centers on the travel experiences of Giovanni Mariti and his cousin Domenico Sestini in the Levant, Cyprus and Mesopotamia tapping on a rich body of printed and unpublished evidence. By analyzing an extended network of correspondents the essay tries to evaluate the interplay of mobility and information during the late Enlightenement.
