Abraham de Wicquefort

Between 1626 and 1658 he represented Brandenburg at the French court, but Cardinal Mazarin imprisoned him in the Bastille as a result of a suspicious exchange of letters.

He was released after one year, was given a French pension and settled in the Hague as the representative of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

In 1675 he was put in prison by the Dutch government for treasonous relations with the French.

Wicquefort translated travel accounts by Adam Olearius and García de Silva Figueroa's account of an embassy to Persia.

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