Complex sentence: In 1687, despite an edict prohibiting Protestants from leaving France, he left Paris ant traveled to Switzerland, in 1689 he passed through Berlin and Copenhagen and entered Russia on a passport from the King of Sweden, perhaps with the intent of traveling overland to India.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1687, despite an edict prohibiting Protestants from leaving France, he left Paris and traveled to Switzerland. In 1689 he passed through Berlin and Copenhagen and entered Russia on a passport from the King of Sweden, perhaps with the intent of traveling overland to India.