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The Diary of Kosa Pan. Thai Ambassador to France, June-July 1686.
Pan, Kosa. Ed(S): Cruysse, Dirk Van Der; Smithies, Michael
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
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 early 1980s, was published in Thai in 1984, and appears here in English for the first time.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Chiang Mai, Thailand
ISBN
9789747551587
SKU
V9789747551587
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About Pan, Kosa. Ed(S): Cruysse, Dirk Van Der; Smithies, Michael
Dirk Van der Cruysse of the Royal Academy of Belgium is professor of French culture and literature at the University of Antwerp. He is author of Siam and the West, 1500–1700. Michael Smithies, former editor of the Journal of the Siam Society, is the author of numerous books and articles on the French involvement in Siam in the 17th century. ... Read more
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