Giosafat Barbaro
Giosafat Barbaro (* 1413 in Venice , † 1494 Venice) was a Venetian merchant and traveler from the Barbaro family .
Life
In 1436 Barbaro set out for the port cities on the Black Sea and then visited Russia , Georgia and the Caucasus . When he returned to Venice in 1451, he took over several offices of the republic and in 1473 was sent as envoy to Uzun Hasan , the Shah of Persia, in order to conclude an alliance with him against the Ottoman Turks . After a long journey through Persia , during which he got to know its customs and languages, he returned in 1477.
Barbaro left a manuscript with a travelogue, which was published in 1543 under the title Viaggi fatti de Venetia .
literature
- Eberhard Schmitt: The Medieval Origins of European Expansion . CH Beck, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-406-30372-2 (documents on the history of European expansion; vol. 1).
Web links
- Travels of Josaphat Barbaro Ambassador from Venice to Tanna in 1436
- Giosafat Barbaro . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbaro, Giosafat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Josaphat; Barbarigo, Barberigo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venetian merchant and traveler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1413 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1494 |
| Place of death | Venice |