Afanasy Nikitin
1475
Explorer, Merchant, Travel writer, Traveler, Writer, Prose writer
- Born in
- Tver
- Passed away in
- Smolensk
Afanasy Nikitin (Russian: Афанасий Никитин; died 1475) was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as A Journey Beyond the Three Seas (Khozheniye za tri morya).
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