from Columbus, OH
1550
Died:1611
Known for:Traveled via the Levant and Mesopotamia to India then Burma and Malacca (in Malaysia) (1583–1591)
16th-century English writer
Position:Consultant • Merchant
Painter
English writer • 17th-century English writer
Area of science:Explorer of Asia
Ascribed status:Person of the Tudor period • Person of the Stuart period
Ralph Fitch (ca 1550 - 1611) was a gentleman merchant of London and one of the earliest English travellers and traders to visit Mesopotamia, the Persian Gulf ...