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Giosafat Barbaro

1413 - 1494

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Giosafat Barbaro (also spelled Giosaphat or Josaphat; 1413–1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times traveling to the Byzantine Empire, the Crimea, Russia, the Peloponnese, Poland, Germany, Albania, Persia, the Empire of Trebizond and Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giosafat Barbaro is the 3,365th most popular writer (down from 3,234th in 2019), the 2,912th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,845th in 2019) and the 198th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 3,365 out of 7,302Before him are Ghada al-Samman, Pierre Benoit, R. J. Palacio, E. Nesbit, Denis Davydov, and Jean Effel. After him are Peter Benchley, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Dunash ben Labrat, Alexander Dukhnovych, Daniel Guérin, and Bhavabhuti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1413, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 8Before him are Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, Catherine of Bologna, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, and Marco Barbarigo. After him are Sayf al-Din Khushqadam, and Vakhtang IV of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1494, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 12Before him are Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Melozzo da Forlì, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Yuriy Drohobych, and Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany. After him is Giovanni Santi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 2,912 out of 5,161Before him are Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (1220), Antonio Priuli (1548), Carlo Rossi (1775), Monimus (-400), Massimo Ambrosini (1977), and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (-300). After him are Giuseppe Versaldi (1943), Marcus Lollius (-100), Marco Basaiti (1470), Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877), Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466), and Paolo Savi (1798).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giosafat Barbaro ranks 198Before him are Remmius Palaemon (100), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838), Tiziano Terzani (1938), Isotta Nogarola (1418), and Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914). After him are Mario Soldati (1906), Susanna Tamaro (1957), Augusto Genina (1892), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), Corrado Alvaro (1895), and Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526).