Melchisédech Thévenot
French author
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Melchisédech or Melchisédec Thévenot was a French author, scientist, traveller, cartographer, orientalist, inventor, and diplomat. Wikipedia
Born: 1620, France
Died: October 29, 1692 (age 72 years), Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Books: The Art of Swimming: Illustrated by Forty Proper Copper-plate Cuts, ... With Advice for Bathing. By Monsieur Thevenot. Done Out of French. To which is Prefixed a Prefatory Discourse Concerning Artificial Swimming, ..., The Art of Swimming, 1696, Dr. Burnet Against Mr. Thevenot and Mr. Le Grand, and more