Voldrich Prefat

Voldrich Prefat z Vlkanova (1523-1565 CE) was a Czech writer, mathematician, and astronomer (wikipedia) . From 1546-1547 CE, while in his early twenties, he traveled from Prague to Palestine and back. 15-20 years later, in 1563 CE, he wrote and published a book in Czech about his travels to Palestine for which the shortened title is known as Journey from Prague to Venice and from there by sea to Palestine (Cesta z Prahy do Benátek a odtud potom po moři až do Palestiny).