Research project to map early modern travel

(January 29, 2024)

Virginia Tech News

With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Rachel Midura, assistant professor of digital history at Virginia Tech, is researching the ways and challenges of travelers before the year 1700. By dissecting at least 86 travel itineraries or small books, Midura and a group of researchers will trace everything from the natural disasters that people encountered to the trade routes that they took across oceans and land, mostly throughout Europe.