Friday, November 07, 2014

Turkey 20 lira 2014 - Matrakçi Nasuh

New collectors issue:

'450th Anniversary of the death of Matrakçi Nasuh'

Matrakçi Nasuh was a 16th-century Ottoman polymath, mathematician, teacher, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, navigator, inventor, painter, farmer, and miniaturist.



(news and image by Pabitra Saha)

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