Which one of the following pairs of travellers and their nationality i

Which one of the following pairs of travellers and their nationality is not correctly matched ?

Ibn Battuta - Moroccan

Duarte Barbosa - Portuguese

Jean Baptiste Tavernier - Dutch

Niccolao Manucci - Venetian

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UPSC NDA-2 – 2019

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The correct option is C) Jean Baptiste Tavernier – Dutch.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a 17th-century French traveller and gem merchant who travelled extensively in India. He was not Dutch.

The other pairs are correctly matched: Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer; Duarte Barbosa was a Portuguese writer and explorer who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan; Niccolao Manucci was an Italian (Venetian) writer and traveller who lived in the Mughal Empire.

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