, who was born August 17, 1659, at Paris, studied at the college de
, who was born August 17,
1659, at Paris, studied at the college de la Marche, and
there became acquainted with M. de Seigneley, who procured him an employment in the marine. The greatest
part of his life passed in voyages to the Levant, Canada,
and the East Indies. In Canada he was taken prisoner
by the English; he was also a prisoner in Turkey. Chasles
was gay, sprightly, and loved good cheer, but yet satirical, particularly against the monks, and the constitution.
He was banished from Paris to Chartres, for some of these
liberties, where he was living in a sordid manner, in 1719
or 1720. He wrote “Les Illustres Francoises,
” 3 vols.
12mo, containing seven histories, to which two others are
added in the edition of Utrecht, 1737, 4 vols. 12mo, and
of Paris, 4 vols.; but these two are much inferior to the
rest. “Journal d'un Voyage fait aux Indes Orientales sur
Tescadre de M. du Quesrie en 1690 et 1691,
” Rouen,
Diet, de Justice,
Police, et Finances,
”, written by Francis James Chasles,