Bertrandon de La Broquière
✓ Source-basedfalling15th-century Burgundian travel writer
Bertrandon de la Bro(c)quière was a Burgundian spy and pilgrim to the Middle East in 1432-33. The book of his travels, Le Voyage d'Outre-Mer, is a detailed and lively account of the political situations and practical customs of the various regions he visited.
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![Bertrandon giving a Latin translation of the Koran to Duke Philip of Burgundy. Illustration (folio 152v) by Jean Le Tavernier [fr] from BnF, MS fr. 9087, made in Lille in 1455.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bertrandon_de_la_Broqui%C3%A8re_offers_a_Koran_to_Duke_Philip.jpg/500px-Bertrandon_de_la_Broqui%C3%A8re_offers_a_Koran_to_Duke_Philip.jpg)
Historical Figures born in the 1400s 6
About this person
Bertrandon de la Bro(c)quière was a Burgundian spy and pilgrim to the Middle East in 1432-33. The book of his travels, Le Voyage d'Outre-Mer, is a detailed and lively account of the political situations and practical customs of the various regions he visited. He wrote it in French at the request of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, for the purpose of facilitating a new crusade.
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