Jeanbaptiste tavernier 1605 1689 was a 17thcentury french gem merchant and traveler. The spine has a couple of small holes, because of worms, which can be seen on. View jeanbaptiste fontaines profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Any writer discussing this period undoubtedly will footnote the observations of this french adventurer. Tavernier, jean baptiste 16051689, the celebrated traveller and pioneer of french trade with india, was born 1605 at paris, where his father gabriel and uncle melchior, protestants from antwerp, pursued with reputation and success the profession of geographers and engravers. Stolen in 1791, it was recut, with the largest section acquiring its hope name.
Balakrishan had written a column in thehindu, 2018jan that french gem merchant, jean baptiste tavernier acquired hope diamond from kollur mines in andhra pradesh in 1666. Top miami doctors and hospitals baptist health south florida. The famous german scholar freidrich max muller 18231900 ce delved deep into indian philosophy and mysticism and brought it to the attention of the world. This is a pdf file merging application written by patrice goyer thanks patrice. Assiginack assikinock, assekinack, jean baptiste also known as blackbird, ottawa chief and public servant. The jewel is believed to have originated in india, where the original larger stone was purchased in 1666 by french gem merchant jean baptiste tavernier as the tavernier blue. Following the custom of the fur trade, bruneau turned josette over to jean baptiste dumont in 1794. Tavernier, a wealthy merchant, traveller, and observant commentator, made six voyages and overland trips to persiairan via asia minor during the 1630s through 1650s. Covers his life and travels and discovery of the gem known as the french bluehope diamond.
Concerning routes which one may take to go from ispahan to agra, and from agra to delhi and jahanabad, where the. The countries he visited most more than once included presentday cyprus, malta, turkey, syria. Page 150 travels in india 1677, says, i will finally make mention of the snakestone, which is nearly of the size of a double doubloon a spanish gold coin, some of them tending to an oval shape, being thick in the middle and becoming thin towards the edges. Jeremiah jean is a 62, 220pound inside linebacker from homestead, fl. View the profiles of professionals named jean baptiste on linkedin. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jeanbaptistes connections and jobs at similar companies. The six voyages of jean baptiste tavernier world digital library. The alexandrite effect of the tavernier diamond caused by. The varanasi heritage dossierhistory and development. Jeanbaptiste casavant dit ladebauche 1698 1764 genealogy. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover baptistes connections and jobs at similar companies.
His account is notable because the temple was demolished in 1673 by the armies of aurangzeb. The surname tavernier is for a person who kept a tavern or public house early origins of the tavernier family. Brochu got on the podium for his first time also his first win in march 2016 at the world cup in veysonnaz, switzerland. Pdfmerger is a fully fledged application that will concatenate simple pdf documents typically most of pdf files generated with the open source software pdf creator. Jeanbaptiste andrieu associate director, human rights. The surname tavernier was first found in essex where they held a family seat from early times. Translated from the original french edition of 1676. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Jeanbaptiste carrier french revolutionary britannica. In 1665 the french traveler jean baptiste tavernier, a dealer in jewels, paid a visit to varanasi and described the grand temple of vindu madhava at the riverside, which he called a great pagoda. The indians say that it grows on the heads of certain snakes, but i should rather believe that it is the priests of the.
More interestingly, while tavernier s first visit to agra was only in 1640, almost every account of the taj states that its construction began in 16311632. Travels in india by tavernier, jean baptiste baron daubonne. Mar 12, 2020 jean baptiste carrier, radical democrat of the french revolution who gained notoriety for the atrocities he committed against counterrevolutionaries at nantes. Jean baptiste tavernier 1605 1689 was a 17thcentury french gem merchant and traveller tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues 120,000 miles in making six voyages to persia and india between the years 1630 and 1668. He was the first european to describe the diamond mines in india. The countries he visited most more than once included presentday cyprus, malta, turkey, syria, iraq, iran, afghanistan. Jean baptiste tavernier, travels in india 1676, excerpts from the.
His second wife was theresa catherine kebeshkamokwe and one of their sons was francis assikinack. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like jeanbaptiste thibault, phd discover inside. Baptiste brochu born september 8, 1994 is a canadian snowboarder, competing in the discipline of snowboard cross. Insights ias final answer key with detailed explanations. Safavid persia through the eyes of french travellers. The braynard group is a consulting firm that provides services in voter targeting, polling, fundraising, and web development. Biography assiginack, jeanbaptiste volume ix 18611870. Jeanbaptiste tavernier 16051689 was a french explorer and merchant. Tavernier name meaning, family history, family crest.
Emilie tavernier gamelin 18001851 find a grave memorial. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by baptiste tavernier. John baptiste tavernier 1605 1689 17thcentury french gem merchant and traveler. The son of a french protestant who had fled antwerp to escape religious persecution, tavernier was a jewel merchant who between 1632 and 1668 made six voyages to the east. The twenty most magnificent diamonds sold by tavernier to. Travels through turkey to persia, by jean baptiste tavernier.
Jean baptiste tavernier born in paris in 1605, jean baptiste tavernier was one of the most famous travelers of the 17th century, who pioneered the trade of various commodities with india. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. There is no security of property, where a despotic authority can possess itself of the property of the subject against his consent. Jean baptiste tavernier 16051689 ce wrote extensively on india. The name tavernier came to england with the ancestors of the tavernier family in the norman conquest in 1066. History of the hope diamond smithsonian institution. Jeanbaptiste vannier principal investigator mrc london.
Jean baptiste tavernier, travels in india 1676, excerpts. Concerning routes which one may take to go from ispahan to agra, and from agra to delhi and jahanabad, where the court of the great mogul is at present. Jeanbaptiste tavernier hope diamond department of mineral. Media in category jeanbaptiste tavernier the following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total. Saint jean baptiste society of america, was a francoamerican benefit society first organized in 1899 when the saint jean baptiste society of holyoke french. Jean baptste tavernier was one of the more remarkable men in a remarkable century. Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues 120,000 miles in making six voyages to persia and india between the years 1630 and 1668. Tavernier was a gem merchant as well as a talented historian and cultural anthropologist. Thomas baptiste worked for the braynard group inc, a consulting firm that has worked on astroturf projects for groups including the kochbacked americans for prosperity. Between 1630 and 1668, tavernier made six voyages to persian and india, traveling by his own estimate 180,000 miles. The conversations he heard in his fathers house inspired jean baptiste with an. Jean baptiste tavernier langerman diamonds encyclopedia. Cope was the sakamaw chief of the mikmaq people of shubenacadie, nova scotia indian brook 14, nova scotia mikmaki. Cadot cadotte, jeanbaptiste, fur trader and interpreter.
Jean baptiste debret the four seasons 1768 1848 oil on canvas enlarged by a vertical band of approx. View jeanbaptiste thibault, phds professional profile on linkedin. The six voyages of john baptista tavernier 1678 the public. Set in the 17th century, each chapter is a tale of its own. The six voyages of john baptista tavernier, baron of.
Winter, signed and dated lowercenter debret an 1804. Accessible book, description and travel, early works to 1800, mogul empire. Brochu first appeared at a world cup in december 20. This is the stone first referred to by streeter 1882 as the tavernier blue. Their first child, gabriel, was born in 1795 while jean baptiste was employed by the hudsons bay company at fort edmonton edmonton. View jeanbaptiste vanniers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. At that time, india the colors of diamonds are caused by the traceelement. This page was last edited on 10 december 2014, at 09. The six voyages of john baptista tavernier, baron of aubonne through turky, into persia and the eastindies, for the space of forty years. So it is highly unlikely that tavernier could have seen the commencement of this great work. Educated by the sisters of the congregation of notre dame at the saint jean baptiste street school. This diamond, which was most likely from the kollur mine in golconda, india, was somewhat triangular in shape and crudely cut. Jean baptiste tavernier was one of the very first europeans to travel to the east not to conquer, but to trade, and is known to have built great friendships with traders and rulers of the east. By 1790, the year after the outbreak of the revolution, carrier was counsellor to the bailliage administrative district of aurillac.
Jeanbaptiste fontaine portfolio lead brassica, leafies. Tags history of the austrian school of economics production theory. Join facebook to connect with jean merger and others you may know. To give it its full title the six voyages of john baptista tavernier, a noble man of france now living, through turky into persia and the eastindies, finished in the year 1670 giving an account of the state of those countries. Travels in india jeanbaptiste tavernier, valentine ball. The story of jean baptiste tavernier,an adventurer, traveler and gem trader. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. One of the first records found of the family was actually found in. Three examples showing two states of jeanbaptiste taverniers map of japan. View baptiste lejeunes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Jeanbaptiste tavernier 16051689 was a 17thcentury french gem merchant and traveler. Patrice feron,1 michel mortier,2 and yannick dumeige1. Explore how the global pandemic is reshaping supply chains and sectorial activity. But i dont subscribe to the sapnatheory for the reasons already mentioned in the opening part of this article. Jeanbaptiste thomas data architect emea pure storage. In 1675, tavernier, at the behest of his patron louis xiv, published les.
Lgpl description this script allows to concatenate pdf files that were produced by fpdf. His account is notable because the temple was demolished in 1673 by the armies of. The six voyages of john baptista tavernier 1678 the. The six voyages of jean baptiste tavernier world digital. During the british era, several scholars and civil servants wrote on different aspects of india. Jean baptiste tavernier jean baptiste tavernier 160589 made six journeys to persia between 1632 and 1668, after which he published his les six voyages, first issued in 1676 opposite. Dynamical analysis of modal coupling in rareearth whispering. Take this with a grain of salt, because its never been proved. Genealogy for jean baptiste casavant dit ladebauche 1698 1764 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
The history of the stone which was eventually named the hope diamond began when the french merchant traveller, jean baptiste tavernier, purchased a 112 316carat diamond. During a period longwavelength uv with a slightly greasy appearance. Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own. Yet the only documentation of the tavernier blue comes from gem merchant jean baptiste tavernier 1676, who sketched three views figure 1 of a diamond he purchased in india and sold to louis xiv. Travels in india by jeanbaptiste tavernier, baron of aubonne. However, it is his involvement with the trade of gemstones and his connection with the famous hope diamond for which he is most famous. Interestingly, tavernier did not say when the construction began nor when it finished. Tavernier was a protestant and a jewel merchant and his trade gave him privileged access to persian royalty and elite circles.
Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues 120,000 miles clarification needed in making six voyages to persia and india between the years 1630 and 1668. Travels in india, volume 2 jean baptiste tavernier, valentine ball full view. Translated from the original french editon of 1676 with a biographical sketch of the author v. She was the last of 15 children born to antoine tavernier and mariejosephte maurice. The first relatively serious information on diamond production in india dates from the xviith century, when jean baptiste tavernier 16051689, a french precious stones merchant, traveled several times to india, first with the support of cardinal mazarin and then with that of louis xiv.