Illustration of Jean Chardin (1643-1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin and also known as Sir John Chardin, a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book 'The Travels of Sir John Chardin' is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and the Near East in general. From 'The Exploration of the World, Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Celebrated Voyages' by Jules Verne. Published in three volumes from 1878 to 1880, Celebrated Travels and Travelers is a history of the explorers and adventurers who voyaged to the far reaches of the globe, discovered the wonders of exotic lands and filled in the blank spaces on the world map. With illustrations by L Benett and P Philippoteaux.