Johann Gottfried Seume

A Stroll to Syracuse

From Saxony to Scilly, 1801 - 1802.

Seume stamp
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On Foot and Free

Walking through history

In an age of revolution and empire, Seume walked—not as a tourist, nor in flight, but as a witness. He believed travel was a moral act, and walking its most honest form.

About

A ten year project

"To follow and cultivate truth, to protect justice, to wish and do good to all equally, to fear nothing."

Seume portrait