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Freiherr von und zu Richard Eisenstein
1837–1913
A globe-trotting Austrian officer turned his long-distance journeys into lively travel books, carrying readers from Japan to South America and the Pacific. His work mixes diary-style storytelling with practical reflections meant to encourage overseas travel and enterprise.
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Reise über Indien und China nach Japan. Tagebuch mit Erfahrungen, um zu überseeischen Reisen und Unternehmungen anzuregen.
by Freiherr von und zu Richard Eisenstein
About the author
Born in 1837 and remembered as Richard Freiherr von und zu Eisenstein, he is described in reference sources as an author, world traveler, and Austrian military officer who reached the rank of Feldmarschallleutnant. He died in 1913.
His surviving books show a strong interest in travel far beyond Europe. Bibliographic and text sources connected with his works identify titles about journeys through India, China, and Japan, as well as later travel accounts covering places such as Siam, Java, German New Guinea, Australasia, Panama, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.
What makes his writing stand out is its purpose as much as its range. The subtitles of his travel books present them as diaries with reflections intended to encourage overseas journeys and ventures, suggesting a writer who wanted not only to record what he saw, but also to spark curiosity and ambition in his readers.