WRITER

Giosafat Barbaro

1413 - 1494

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Giosafat Barbaro (also Giosaphat or Josaphat) (1413–1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giosafat Barbaro has received more than 51,346 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Giosafat Barbaro is the 3,234th most popular writer (up from 3,332nd in 2019), the 2,845th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,775th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

Lettere Al Senato Veneto...
Travels to Tana and Persia
Voyages and travels, Description and travel
Dogu'ya Yolculuk;15. Yüzyilda Kipcak Bozkiri, Iran ve Dogu Anadolu'ya Seyahat
Travels to Tana and Persia
Description and travel, Foreign relations, Voyages and travels
Travels to Tana and Persia, and a Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia in the 15th and 16th Centuries
Travels to Tana and Persia
Voyages and travels, Voyages, Description and travel

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 3,234 out of 7,302Before him are Gaito Gazdanov, Claudius Salmasius, Jules Barbier, Evgeny Schwartz, John VIII of Constantinople, and Arnold Bennett. After him are Kálmán Mikszáth, Mickey Spillane, Monteiro Lobato, Simon of Kéza, Paul Johnson, and Kim Hyon-hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1413, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 8Before him are Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Catherine of Bologna, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Marco Barbarigo, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, and Sayf al-Din Khushqadam. After him are Vakhtang IV of Georgia, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī. Among people deceased in 1494, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 11Before him are Poliziano, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Melozzo da Forlì, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Muhammad XIII of Granada, and Yuriy Drohobych. After him are Giovanni Santi, and Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 2,845 out of 5,161Before him are Giovanni Soranzo (1240), Pietro Polani (1098), Sergio Sollima (1921), Inigo Campioni (1878), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), and Fabrizio Meoni (1957). After him are Piero Cappuccilli (1929), Marco da Gagliano (1582), Giovanni da Udine (1487), Pietro Grasso (1945), Massimo Ranieri (1951), and Francesco Granacci (1469).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 192Before him are Mario Soldati (1906), Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Tiziano Terzani (1938), Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), Roberto Calasso (1941), and Antonio Beccadelli (1394). After him are Ennio Flaiano (1910), Julius Obsequens (400), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), Nossis (null), Alessandro Baricco (1958), and Francesco de Sanctis (1817).