García de Silva Figueroa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

García de Silva Figueroa

Spanish diplomat and traveller

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1551

Place of Birth: Zafra, Extremadura, Spain

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1624

Profession: writer, diplomat, archaeologist, explorer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About García de Silva Figueroa

  • Don García de Silva Figueroa (December 29, 1550 – July 22, 1624) was a Spanish diplomat, and the first Western traveller to correctly identify the ruins of Takht-e Jamshid in Persia as the location of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire and one of the great cities of antiquity.

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