Bücher von Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

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.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains the translated letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-92), a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer who acted as Austrian ambassador to the Ottoman empire. Volume 1 contains an introduction to Busbecq's life, and his Turkish Letters.