title: The “Orient” in Europe? Crimea in Western Travelogues from the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
abstract: The "Orient" in Europe? Crimeai nW estern Travelogues from the LateE ighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Accordingt ot he classical tradition accepted by modern geographers,t he Crimean Peninsula is located at the south-eastern corner of the European continent,o nt he northern shore of the Black Sea. From the mid-fifteenth century, the Crimean Khanate, ar emnant of the GoldenH orde, occupied most part of it.Inthe late fifteenthcentury,the khanate became aprotectorate of the Ottoman Empire, 