Leonhard Rauwolf

Leonhard Rauwolf was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573–75. The motive of the trip was to search for herbal medicine supplies. Shortly after he returned, he published a set of new botanical descriptions with an herbarium. Later he published a general travel narrative about his visit.

21 June 1535

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Born in the same month (June 1535): Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal • Pope Leo XI