Intorno allo Stato da Mar: il viaggio del bailo Giorgio Giustinian da Costantinopoli a Venezia (1627)

Abstract

Presentation and analysis of the Relazione (Report) on the return voyage of Giorgio Giustinian, Bailo of Constantinople (1627), of particular interest due to the exceptional nature of the itinerary followed, which progressed into Macedonia and Serbia as far as Sofia and Belgrade and then turned towards Sarajevo, Mostar and reached Spalato. The document allows us to add an important element to the voyage reports between Venice and Constantinople, at the moment when the difficult relations between the Most Serene Republic and the Ottoman Empire seemed having found a new balance at the expense of the Republic of Ragusa. The unpublished Relazione is provided in the Appendix.