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Artists who fell for Morocco

Samuel Pepys

The great diarist kept a diary again in Tangier while England left the city.

  • From: England
  • Their art: writer
  • In Morocco: 1683 in Tangier
  • Made here or about here: Tangier diary (1683)

Where in Morocco

  • Tangier: sent as senior naval official during the English evacuation; kept a diary
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys

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