The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Cyrus II the Great, King of Persia (c. 600 - 530 BC)

Founder of the Persian Empire. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-1994?rskey=eNFnrx&result=2 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

22. Cyrus Rex Persarum