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His father, a wealthy jeweller, gave him an excellent education, and trained him in his own art; but instead of settling down in the ordinary routine of the craft, he set out in company with a Lyons merchant named Raisin in 1665 for Persia and India, partly on business and partly to gratify his own inclination. After a highly successful journey, during which he had received the patronage of Shah Abbas II of Persia , he returned to France in 1670, and there published in the following year Récit du Couronnement du roi de Perse Soliman III.

Finding, however, that his Protestant profession cut him off from all hope of honours or advancement in his native country, he set out again for Persia in August 1671. This second journey was much more adventurous than the first, as instead of going directly to his destination, he passed by Smyrna, Constantinople, the Crimea, Caucasia, Mingrelia and Georgia, and did not reach Isfahan till June 1673Events The English Test Act was passed. It disallowed Catholics from holding high public office. France begins its expedition against Ceylon. March 18 John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Quakers. May 17 Trader. After four years spent in researches throughout Persia, he again visited India, and returned to Europe by the Cape of Good HopeThe Cape of Good Hope is a headland in South Africa, near Cape Town, traditionally — and incorrectly — regarded as marking the turning point between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Technically, the division between the two oceans lies farther eas in 1677Events First performance of Racine's tragedy, Phedre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orleans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds i.

The persecution of Protestants in France led him, in 1681, to settle in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, where he was appointed jeweller to the court, and received from Charles IICharles II ( 29 May 1630 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 30 January 1649 de jure or 29 May 1660 de facto until his death. Charles II's father, Charles I, had been executed in 1649 following the English Civil War; the mo the honor of knighthood. In 1683Events June 6 The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum. June 12 The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered September 7 Polish-German troops arrive in Vienna to help the besieged November 1 The British cr he was sent to HollandThis article is about the region in the Netherlands. For other uses, see Holland (disambiguation). Holland is the name of a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. Holland is a former county of the Holy Roman Empire and later the leading me as representative of the English East India Company; and in 1686 he published the first part of his great narrative The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, etc. (London). Sir John died in London in 1713, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his monument bears the inscription Nomen sibi fecit eundo.

It was not till 1711 that the complete account of Chardin's travels appeared, under the title of Journal du voyage du chevalier Chardin, at Amsterdam. The Persian portion is to be found in vol. ii. of Harris's Collection, and extracts are reprinted by Pinkerton in vol. ix. The best complete reprint is by Langle (Paris, 1811). Sir John Chardin's narrative has received the highest praise from the most competent authorities for its fulness, comprehensiveness and fidelity; and it furnished Montesquieu, Rousseau, Gibbon and Helvétius with most important material.