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Jean Chardin (1643-1713) A French-English traveler, Chardin journeyed to Persia and India. He later became representative of the East India Company in the Netherlands. In 1686 he published a portion of the Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies.
Jules Verne, The Exploration of the World (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879) 405. (Jean Chardin, from an old print.)
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