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[[File:Johannes de Hese.png|thumb|Opening of the ''Itinerarius'' from a Latin manuscript of 1462–1480, now in the library of the [[University of Giessen]].]]
The '''''Itinerarius'' of Johannes Witte de Hese''' is a short [[medieval Latin]] [[Travel writing|travel account]] from around 1400. Although it purports to be a true account of the author's travels, it is a fictional account of an [[imaginary voyage]] in the same tradition as [[John Mandeville]]'s ''Travels''. The title ''Itinerarius'' comes from the first printed edition from around 1490. Johannes Witte de Hese is the name given to the author in the earliest surviving manuscript, but he is not known from any other source and the name may be an invention. He describes himself as a priest of the [[diocese of Utrecht]] who was in Jerusalem in May 1398 before setting off on his two years of travel around the world.
By the middle of the 15th century, the ''Itinerarius'' had been translated into [[Middle Dutch]].
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[[Category:Adventure fiction]]
[[Category:Medieval travel writers]]
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