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Travels into Turkey: Containing the most accurate account of the Turks, and neighbouring nations, their manners, customs, religion, superstition, policy, riches, coins.
The whole being a series of remarkable observations and events, interspers'd with great variety of entertaining incidents, never before printed.
That he was born in Flanders, educated at Paris, Lorrain, Venice, Bologna, and Padua; made great Progress in his Studies, having acquir'd a Knowledge in near Ten different Languages; was sometime in London, with the Emperor Ferdinand's Ambassador.
Returned to Flanders, and from thence to Vienna, where he was appointed Ambassador to Solyman the Great, and soon set out for Constantinople; but not finding him there, was obliged to go to Amasia, and during his long Stay in that Country, having a strong Propensity to Learning, collected many valuable Manuscripts, Coins.
Author: Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq
Publisher: Atlas Vista Publisher
Published: 04/22/2024
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781835520451
ISBN10: 1835520456
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | General
- History | General
- Reference | General