Penitents below a sacred Indian tree from -'The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier, ... through Turky (Turkey) into Persia (Iran) and the East-Indies', . His first name was also spelled Jean-Baptiste (1605 – 1689). He was a French gem merchant and traveller who later purchased the title Baron of Aubonne

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