A relation of the late Embassy of Monsr. de Chaumont, Knt. to the Court of the King of Siam. : With an account of the government, state, manners, religion and commerce of the Kingdom.

  • Chaumont, Alexandre, chevalier de, -1710.
Date:
1687
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Credit: A relation of the late Embassy of Monsr. de Chaumont, Knt. to the Court of the King of Siam. : With an account of the government, state, manners, religion and commerce of the Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eee ee Me . : a ____ 28 A Voyage to Siam. in-the middle of which thereisa kind of Throne whereon they fit, and they ufually go but one in a Barge, on both They are all cloathed in the manner of the Troops in Bancok continually accompanied me, and gave orders for fifty or fixty Barges, fome of which were fifty, fixty, feventy and eighty foot long, having Oars from twenty D ths of pains, being contented with fod they believe they Dine fumptuoufly. Lime thereon, and this givesit a tafte. : They a .