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The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople, 1554-1562
by Edward Forster (Translator)
- HISTORY
- 2005
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- 265 PAGES
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Botanist, linguist, antiquarian, scholar and zoologist under under Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (he brought back lilac and the tulip), Busbecq's detailed impressions show the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power.
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