John Bell (traveller)

For other people with similar names, see John Bell (disambiguation).

John Bell (1691–1780) was a Scottish medical doctor and traveller to Russia, Iran, and China. While living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Bell was a member of Russian diplomatic missions to Iran (1715–1718) and China (1719–1722). He later lived in Constantinople (1737–1747) in the Ottoman Empire as a merchant. Bell's book, Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia, published in 1763, was widely read in Great Britain and Europe.

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