Antoine Escalin des Aimars

Antoine Escalin des Aimars
Antoine Escalin des Aimars (1498?-1578)
NicknameCaptain Polin
Born1516 (1516)
La Garde-Adhémar, France
Died1578 (aged 61–62)
La Garde-Adhémar, France
Allegiance France
BranchFrench Navy
Service yearsc.1535-1578
RankGeneral of the galleys
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Antoine Escalin des Aimars (1516–1578), also known as Captain Polin or Captain Paulin, later Baron de La Garde, was French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1547, and "Général des Galères" ("General of the galleys") from 1544.

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