Sir John Chardin

(1643-1712)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chardin, John, Sir, 1643-1713 DNB: Chardin, Sir John [Jean] (1643–1712), traveller and merchant LBT ID: JeChard1713 VIAF ID: 49223162 LOC ID: n82080215	B/BAP: 1643-11-16 DIED: 1712-12-25
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French traveler who settled in England, the author of Journal de voyage du chevalier Chardin en Perse (1686) and Voyages, 10 vols (1711), a source for Montesquieu's Persian Letters.