page_title: Ludovico di Varthema
hierarchical_section_title: Ludovico di Varthema
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of the first Dutch translation of the travels of Ludovico di Varthema, 1654.
context_page_description: Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus, was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. Nearly everything that is known about his life comes from his own account of his travels, Itinerario de Ludouico de Varthema Bolognese, published in Rome in 1510.
context_section_description: Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus (c. 1470 – 1517), was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim. Nearly everything that is known about his life comes from his own account of his travels, Itinerario de Ludouico de Varthema Bolognese, published in Rome in 1510.
caption: Dutch title page of Varthema's book Itinerario, 1654
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