Giosafat Barbaro

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.[1][2] He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.[3]

  1. ^ A new general biographical dictionary, Volume 3, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1857, pg. 137 ISBN 978-0-333-76094-9
  2. ^ A. M. Piemontese, "'Barbaro, Giosafat". Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 7, p. 758.
  3. ^ Una famiglia veneziana nella storia: i Barbaro, Michela Marangoni, Manlio Pastore Stocchi, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1996, pg. 120, ISBN 978-88-86166-34-8