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Jean Chardin
Jean Chardin (16 November 1643 – 5 January 1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was 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.
Life and work.
He was born in Paris, son of a wealthy merchant, jeweller of the Place Dauphine, and followed his father's business.
Kartvelophile
A Kartvelophile () is a person who is fond of, admires or loves Georgian culture, Georgian history, Georgian language, Georgian cuisine, Georgian people or Georgia in general or even exhibits Georgian nationalism in spite of not being an ethnic Georgian. Such love of Georgia and everything Georgian is called "Kartvelophilia". Its opposite is Kartvelophobia.
Typical interests.
- Georgian wine
- Georgian cuisine
- Georgian language
- Georgian scripts
- Georgian calligraphy
Notable Kartvelophiles.
- Jean Chardin