During the violence and instability of 17th-century Europe, monarchies and religions struggled for dominance. Constant conflict drove thousands of refugees to distant lands. Jean Baptiste Tavernier ...
Discover how 17th-century French traveler Jean‑Baptiste Tavernier journeyed across Mughal India, marveled at the Taj Mahal, ...
Translation of pt. 2 of the author's Les six voyages, which was first published at Paris, 1676. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...
In 1660, a distinguished French entrepreneurial traveler named Jean-Baptiste Tavernier visited the alluvial diggings of the Kollur Mine, Golconda, India. There he purchased, together with other jewels ...