TY - JOUR N2 - When John Dee, an influential English mathematician, natural philosopher, and scientist, in the later part of his life decided that the only way of gaining even greater knowledge was through magic, he started a series of meticulously documented séances of communicating with angels through his medium Edward Kelley, later an alchemist in his own right. He soon made an acquaintance of a Polish magnate Olbracht Łaski and at his request travelled to Poland, and then to Bohemia, together with Kelley, their wives, children, and servants. There is vast literature on their stay in Central Europe and its consequences, both real and imaginary, but little attention was paid to the actual journey as recorded by Dee. From the scanty notes devoted to the company’s passage through Great Poland in the winter of 1583/1584 the harsh reality of early modern journeys can be discerned. Some of his very short but precise observations shed new light on such topics as the monument of Boleslaus the Brave in the Poznań Cathedral (this important source was not known to any of the numerous participants in the discussion going on since the early 19th c.) or its library. The description of the bridge in Konin is also of interest, as are Dee’s notes on the use of the newly introduced Gregorian calendar in Poland. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113879/PDF/document%20-%202019-09-17T122152.456.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113879 PY - 2012 EP - 248 A1 - Prinke, Rafał T. VL - tom 29 DA - 2009 T1 - John Dee and Edward Kelley in Great Poland (1583-1584). An episode of a “magical” journey SP - 235 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113879 T2 - Pamiętnik Biblioteki Kórnickiej ER -