Andrew Boorde

Description: (English Physician and Traveler Who Wrote the First-Known English Guidebook to Europe)
English physician Andrew Boorde was initially a member of the Carthusian order but quit monastic activities later. A traveler and explorer, too, he penned the first English guidebook to Europe. He has also written extensively on subjects such as health and astronomy. He was apparently imprisoned in later life for keeping loose women.

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Died on March 31, 1549
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