Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. Traveling as a private merchant at his own expense, Tavernier estimated that he travelled 60,000 leagues in six voyages to Persia and India between 1630 and 1668 which he published as Les Six Voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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Who was born first?

• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and Semyon Dezhnyov were born the same year
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was born 2 years after Abel Tasman
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was born 5 years before Georg Marcgrave
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was born 6 years before Evliya Çelebi
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was born 6 years after Adam Olearius

Timeline

1. Adam OleariusSeptember 23, 1599 – February 1671
2. Abel Tasman1603 – October 10, 1659
3. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (this page)1605 – July 1689
4. Semyon DezhnyovMarch 7, 1605 – 1673
5. Georg MarcgraveSeptember 10, 1610 – 1644
6. Evliya ÇelebiMarch 25, 1611 – 1682

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