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 ...

When it comes to a single jewel, without doubt the most famous diamond on earth is what the Court of Louis XIV dubbed Le Bijou de Roi, or ’The King’s Jewel’, which was more ...

A rare and old book dating back almost 350 years has been uncovered in Paisley. Les Six Voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier – translated to ‘The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier’ – is ...

JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER was a Sindbad of the seventeenth century. To an insatiable love of travel, which prompted him even in his boyhood to rove through the greater part of Europe, and in his ...

JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER, in his “Travels in India” (translated by V. Ball, 1889, vol. ii. p. 397), mentions a case similar to what Mr. Crawshay describes under this heading in your last number ...

It is in the journeys of French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier that we get a fuller picture of the nature of trade links and the travel conditions in the region.

The Tavernier Stones Stephen Parrish, . . Midnight Ink, $14.95 (370pp) ... lost by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) during his fabled seventh journey to the Orient.