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Diary of Kosa Pan
Thai Ambassador to France, June-July 1686
Av Dirk Van der Cruysse, Michael Smithies
Häftad, 2002
327 kr
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This account of Kosa Pan’s journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. It was discovered in Paris in the …
Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685
Av Chevalier de de Chaumont, Abbe de de Choisy m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
255 kr
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Resounding Failure
Martin and the French in Siam, 1672-1693
Häftad, 1999
264 kr
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Initially seeking converts and trade, the French presence in 17th-century Siam turned into a classic colonial adventure, with troops sent to occupy, by force if necessary, the most important ports of Bangkok and Mergui. François Martin, from his unique viewpoint as director of the French trading …
Siamese Embassy Lost in Africa, 1686
The Odyssey of Ok-Khun Chamnan
Häftad, 2000
224 kr
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This long-forgotten tale of the shipwreck off the coast of Africa of a Siamese embassy to Lisbon in 1686 lay buried in the text of a French book printed 300 years ago. The author of the text was the intrepid and intriguing Jesuit Tachard, who published accounts of his first two journeys to Siam. In …
