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Between the years 1630-1668, the French gem merchant, Jean Baptiste
Tavernier made six voyages to Persia and India. His true exploits
by land and sea go far beyond the ink and paper exploits of
fictional adventurers. Tavernier met and did business with some of
the world's most powerful princes and romanced some of the most
beautiful women. Sometime during his later voyages, Tavernier
acquired a magnificent 116 carat blue diamond. Upon his return to
France, he sold the diamond to Louis XIV, for the equivalent of 147
kilos of pure gold. The Sun King made him Baron of Aubonne. The
remains of Tavernier's blue gem is known today as the Hope Diamond,
but for the first 200 years of its history it was called simply The
French Blue.
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