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VATATZES, Vasilios
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Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer, and diplomat.
VATATZES, Vasilios (b. Therapeia, near Constantinople, 1694), Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer, and diplomat.
Life. Vatatzes was the sixth child in his family and his father, a Greek Christian Orthodox priest, served as steward of the Aya Sofia church in Constantinople. When he was 14, he migrated from Constantinople to Moscow and became a merchant. Vatatzes visited Iran at least three times. In 1713 he traveled by ship from Astrakha…
Source:
Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Date:
2013-01-18
