Fynes Moryson
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Fynes Moryson (or Morison) (1566 ā 12 February 1630) spent most of the decade of the 1590s travelling on the European continent and the eastern Mediterranean lands. He wrote about it later in his multi-volume Itinerary, a work of value to historians as a picture of the social conditions existing in the lands he visited.
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Fynes Moryson | |
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Born | 1566 Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 12 February 1630 (aged 63ā64) England |
Other names | Fynes Morison |
Known for | Travel writing and social observation |
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