Jean de la Roque was a French traveller and journalist born in Marseille. He was the son of Pierre de la Roque, a merchant who his remembered for introducing coffee to Marseille in 1644, and the brother of Antoine de la Roque, a noted journalist... Wikipedia
Born: February 19, 1661, Marseille, France
Died: December 8, 1745 (age 84 years), Paris, France
Books: A Voyage to Arabia the Happy: By the Way of the Eastern Ocean, and the Streights of the Red-Sea : Perform'd by the French for the First Time, A.D. 1708, 1709, 1710. : Together with a Particular Relation of a Journey from the Port of Moka to the Court of the King of Yemen, in the Second Expedition, A.D. 1711, 1712, 1713. : Also, an Account of the Coffee-tree, and Its Fruit ..., A Voyage to Arabia Foelix Through the Eastern Ocean and the Streights of the Red-Sea, Being the First Made by the French in the Years 1708, 1709 and 1710. Also a Narrative Concerning the Tree and Fruit of Coffee, A Voyage to Arabia Felix Through the Eastern Ocean and the Streights of the Red-Sea, Being the First Made by the French in the Years 1708, 1709 And, 1710; Together With a Particular Account of a Journey From Mocha to Muab Or Mowahib, the Court of the King, and more