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Illustrations from Armenia by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605 – 1689)

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Echmiadzin (three churches) Illustration from Six Voyages of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, 1676

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605 – 1689) was a 17th-century Flemish-French gem merchant and traveler who became famous for his accounts of six voyages to the east. Passionate about travelling, Tavernier started out on his first journey to the Ottoman Empire and Persia in 1631. He stayed in Constantinople for eleven months, waiting for a caravan that would...

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