Garcia de Orta (or Garcia d'Orta) (1501 – 1568) was a Sephardic Jewish physician, herbalist and naturalist of the Portuguese Renaissance, who worked primarily in the former Portuguese capital of Goa and the Bombay territory (Chaul, Bassein & Damaon) of Portuguese India.
Born | Castelo de Vide, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died |
1568 (aged ) Goa, Portuguese India
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