The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427 is a historical account written by Johann Schiltberger himself. The book chronicles his experiences as a captive during the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Schiltberger was captured by the Ottomans at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 and spent the next 30 years traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire, as well...