[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 8.2 # Storia do Mogor 8.2 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 8.2 - **Language:** English ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8.2) Deslandes must not be confounded with another gentleman of the same name, André Daulier Deslandes, who went to Persia with Tavernier in 1664, and in 1673 published a book called 'Les Beautés de la Perse.' In 1704 or 1705, according to Catrou (Preface, p. 6), this Daulier Deslandes was still living, but was not the Deslandes who lent him Manucci's manuscript. As to the latter M. Deslandes, known as Boureau Deslandes, he was in the service of the French East India Company at Surat as early as 1673; in 1679 he was sent to Siam, where he remained for some time (Jules Sottas, 'Histoire de la Compagnie des Indes,' Paris, 1903, p. 136). He was thus mixed up with the French transactions in Siam during 1680-1683, in which he and Governor François Martin were interested. They were supporters of the Greek adventurer Constantin Phalkon, who rose to be Prime Minister of Siam. There is also a 'Histoire de Constance, Premier Ministre du Roi de Siam' (12mo., 1756), by the younger Deslandes, founded on his father's and the Chevalier Martin's memoirs and letters, the object being to refute Père P. J. d'Orléans' Life of the same man (1690). I have seen the copy of Deslandes' book in the Bibliothèque Nationale (55 pages, small 8vo). A fact or a name might be gleaned from it here and there, but on the whole it adds little to our knowledge of Siam politics, and yields nothing new about the elder Deslandes himself. The most pungent and characteristic passage is on p. - [Previous: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8.1) - [Next: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8.3) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.8.2) · Pramāṇa