CLAVIJO, RUY GONZALEZ DE (d. 1412), Spanish traveller, was born in Madrid. On the return of the Embassy from the court of Timur, Henry III. of Castille sent out another, which included Clavijo. They sailed from St. Mary Port, near Cadiz, on May 22, 1403, touched at the Balearic isles, Gaeta, Rhodes and Constantinople, went by the south coast of the Black sea to Trebi zond, and proceeded inland by Erzerum, Tabriz, Teheran and Meshed to Samarkand, where they were favourably received. They returned successfully after great difficulties and reached Spain on March I, 1406. Clavijo lived in Madrid and died on April 2, 1412. His narrative is the first important one of its kind in Spanish literature.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.-An English version of Clavijo's narrative, by Sir Bibliography.-An English version of Clavijo's narrative, by Sir Clements Markham, was issued by the Hakluyt Society in 1859 (Narrative of the Embassy of R . . . G . • . Clavijo to the Court of Timour) . For the identification of the places mentioned by Clavijo see Khanikof's list in Geographical Magazine (1874) , and Sreznevski's Annotated Index in the Russian edition of 1881. A short account of Clavijo's life is given by Alvarez y Baena in the Hijos de Madrid, vol. ix. See also C. R. Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography, iii.