Trifon Korobeynikov


Trifon Korobeynikov was a 16th-century Moscow merchant and traveller.
Korobeynikov made two visits to Palestine, Mount Athos and İstanbul, in 1582-84 and 1594-94 on assignments of tsars Ivan IV and Feodor I.
His account of his travels was published in 1594, as Описание пути от Москвы до Царьграда
Also in 1594, he also co-authored a Moscow government report on financial affairs.
His travel account was re-published in 1783, under the title of "The Travels of a Moscow Merchant, Trifon Korobeynikov, and His Comrades to Jerusalem, Egypt, and Mount Sinai in 1583" and was frequently reprinted.