Lietuvos didžiosios kunigaikštystės vaizdai XVIII amžiuje
Images of the grand duchy of Lithuania in the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses how the british author William Coxe represented the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark(first edition 1784, London). The traveling conditions in the southeast areas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were described mainly negatively. The author repeatedly mentioned narrow and neglected roads and bridges. Most of the visited inns, postal stations, and various other accommodations were characterized very unfavorably as dirty places without minimally acceptable facilities. The landscape of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was portrayed as forested, interspersed with fields as well as small towns and villages. Most of the cities visited looked neglected and disorderly.

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