After several years of teaching in the Colleges of the Order, he accompanied Marshal d'Estrées on a long voyage in the colonies of South America (1680-84); in 1685 he visited, with the French ambassador M. Chaumont, the court of Siam, returning as interpreter with the Siamese ambassadors, whom he presented to Louis XIV and to the Pope; in 1689 he set out again for India, exercising his ministry in Bengal.
Besides several important letters, inserted in the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses (II, Paris 1843, pp. 317-29; 425-37) he published: Voyages de Siam des Pères Jésuites envoyez par le Roy aux Indes et à la Chine, avec leurs observations astronomiques et remarques de physique, de géographie, d'hydrographie et d'histoire (ibid. 1686; Italian trans., Milan 1693); Second voyage du p. T. et des Jésuites, envoyez... au Royaume de Siam avec... (ibid. 1686). The two works mark an important point in the history and geography of Asia.
Testore, Celestino. “Tachard, guy.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1686–1687. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/tachard-guy.
MLA
Testore, Celestino. “Tachard, guy.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1686–1687. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tachard-guy.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_tachard_guy,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {Tachard, guy},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1686--1687},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/tachard-guy}
}
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