Travel and Exoticism occasionally intertwined as concepts. To travel means to become displaced, to have new experiences, often to get to know different cultures and to face new challenges. These observations are even more pronounced when we refer to the past, specifically the period that spans the 16th to 18th centuries. A “global era” first encompassed the world at this time, which explains why so many different cases of “interconnected history” are observed. Mainly through networks of commerce, Europe became intensely entangled with other continents. Merchants, pilgrims, missionaries, soldiers, artists and diplomats moved more frequently and far more quickly than we might imagine.

From the moment that Europe’s horizons settled on the continents – an allegory that emerges over and over again – to the impact this had internally, we can observe the rich plurality of the phenomenon of travel and exoticism in its twofold essence.