Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq

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1522 – 1592

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Who was Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq?

Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq was a 16th-century Flemish writer, herbalist and diplomat in the employ of three generations of Austrian monarchs. He served as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople and in 1581 published a book about his time there, Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum, re-published in 1595 under the title of Turcicae epistolae or "Turkish Letters".

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Born
1522
Died
Oct 28, 1592
Rouen

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on July 23, 2013

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