date   Saturday, 12 September 2026
time10am – 2pm
language🇬🇧 English

250 years ago, Goethe and Lessing traveled to Italy, and Seume undertook a walking tour to Syracuse. The next generation of travelers devoted themselves to studying the plants, animals, and geological formations of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
What caused this shift in the focus of travel?
What were its consequences?
Where are researchers heading today?

Title pages of the books Seume: *[Spaziergang nach Syrakus im Jahre 1802](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seume_Spaziergang_nach_Syarkus_Erstausgabe.jpg)* (Braunschweig und Leipzig 1803) — Brehm: *[Thierleben](https://archive.org/details/brehmsthierleben01brehuoft/page/n11/mode/1up?ref=ol)* (Leipzig 1886). Meyer: *[Kilimandjaro](https://archive.org/details/derkilimandjaro00meye/mode/2up)* (Berlin 1900).

Title pages of the books Seume: Spaziergang nach Syrakus im Jahre 1802 (Braunschweig und Leipzig 1803) — Brehm: Thierleben (Leipzig 1886). Meyer: Kilimandjaro (Berlin 1900).

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