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father carlo maratta . guy tachard -lrb- 1651-1712 -rrb- , drawn by 1712 1651 roman catholic chandernagor , india père tachard marthon , france kingdom of siam jesuit missionary #ffa 500 1651 peretachard.jpg guy tachard
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guy tachard

guy tachard -lrb- 1651 -- 1712 -rrb- , also known as père tachard , was a french jesuit missionary and mathematician of the 17th century , who was sent on two occasions to the kingdom of siam by louis xiv .
he was born in marthon , near angoulême .
in 1680 , tachard went to the caribbean -lrb- antilles -rrb- with jean ii d'estrées .
tachard was involved in embassies to siam , which came as responses to embassies sent by the siamese king narai to france in order to obtain an alliance against the dutch .
