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The life and letters of ogier ghiselin de busbecq : seigneur of bousbecque, knight, imperial ambassador / edited and translated by Charles Thornton Foster and F.H.Blackburne Daniell
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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge Library Collection European HistoryPublication details: NewYork : Cambridge university press, 2012.Description: 418 p. : ill.,maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781108054577
- 943.0320924 FOS
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Summary: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.
Life of Busbecq; Turkish letters 1; Turkish letters 2; Turkish letters 3; Turkish letters.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 943.0320924 FOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Volume-I | Not for loan | 282570 |
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Life of Busbecq; Turkish letters 1; Turkish letters 2; Turkish letters 3; Turkish letters.
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.