Posts Tagged ‘travel literature’
Sir Jean Chardin: Unearthing the Secret Language of Persian Tulips
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 16, 1643 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of Sir Jean Chardin, a French jeweler whose life sparkled with adventure and whose pen captured the essence of distant lands.…
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