Treasures of the Cusanus Library: Strange Worlds

"Only travel is life, just as life is travel in reverse" (Jean Paul). What foreign worlds open up when we set out on our journey?

The library of the Cusanus Foundation not only contains fascinating travel reports from earlier centuries to exotic countries. It also houses the writings of great naturalists who have laid science on a completely new foundation. Discover the phenomenon of travel in its different dimensions, always in search of foreign worlds ...

The program:

May 8: A Journey to Mongolia
The "Liber tatarorum"

May 29: The Lagoon of Aristotle
"De animalibus" - On Animals

June 12: Hiking Through the Ancient World
"Herodotus' Histories"

July 10: The Seven Ages of the World
Hartmann Schedel's World Chronicle

... with a glass of wine followed by a discussion in the baroque hall of the foundation.

Free admission, no prior registration required.