Márton Szepsi Csombor(1595–1622) was a Hungarian Protestant pastor and traveler, and the author of the first Hungarian travel book, ., "Szepsi Csombor Márton", a detailed biography and a review of the works, in HungarianKrisztina Kaló, The Variety of 17th Century Europe, a review of the 2014 translation by , Eger Journal of English Studies XVII (2017) 75–77Europica varietas or A brief account of the various things seen and heard by Márton Szepsi Csombor, Kassa, printed by János Festus, 1620, a review of the 2014 English translation (in Hungarian)
Márton Csombor was born in Szepsi, then the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1618 he undertook a 700-mile-long journey, mostly on foot, across Europe, which he recorded in his Europica Varietas, published in Hungarian in 1620.Europica Varietas, image; Europica Varietas, text, 2002 (in Hungarian)
Works All Works by Márton Szepsi Csombor, introductory study written by Iván Sándor Kovács, translation by Péter Kulcsár, Budapest: Neumann Publishing House, 2002SZEPSI CSOMBOR MÁRTON ÖSSZES MŰVEI 1620: Europica Varietas, subtitled "Poland, Mazury, Prussia, Denmark, Frisia, Holland, Zealand, England, Gaul, Germany and the Czech Republic; Or: A short description of various things seen and heard in the Prussian, Pomerania, Sweden, Norway, Frisia, Zealand, and British Seas. Which may serve not only to the delight of every reader, but also to the benefit of many" 1623: Udvari ScholaUdvari Schola
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Szepsi Csombor Márton High School Szepsi Csombor Literary CircleExtra Hungariam — On the Intellectual Life of the Hungarian Exiles after 1956
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