German-Language Travelogues on the “Orient” and the Importance of the Time and Place of Printing, 1500–1876

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German-LanguageT ravelogues on the "Orient" and the Importanceo ft he Time and Placeo fP rinting, 1500 -1876 Every travelogue is shaped by specific circumstances.The content and material form resultf rom individual experiences,p erceptions, and expectations.Yett he sociocultural background of the travelersand other actors involved in its production, as well as material and economic realities affect each individual travel report as well.Based on these assumptions, the project "Travelogues: Perceptions of the Other 1500 -1876 -AComputerized Analysis" explored new digital methods for quantitative and qualitative analyses apt to identify the dominant factors and patterns that shaped the content of travelogues and, in turn, what this tells us todaya bout the process of solidification and changeo fs tereotypes and prejudices.The geographicalf ocus was on the "Orient," here defined as the Ottoman Empire and Persia (the latter as ruled by the Safavid and Qajar dynasties).¹This chapter concentrates on one aspect of this process: the importance of the time and place of printing for the travel destinations described in Germanlanguaget ravelogues.While travelogues became and remained an intensely studied topic in the humanities in recent decades, and researchers keep assembling more and moret raveln arrativesf rom the modern period,² until now stat-

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