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 The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople, 1554-1562 Edward Forster (Translator) HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 265 PAGES
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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