Siamese embassy to France (1686)

Kosa Pan was accompanied by two other Siamese ambassadors, Ok-luang Kanlaya Ratchamaitri and Ok-khun Si Wisan Wacha,[3] and by the Jesuit Father Guy Tachard.

The mission landed at Brest, France before continuing its journey to Versailles, constantly surrounded by crowds of curious onlookers.

Kosa Pan's great interest in French maps and images was noted in a contemporary issue of the Mercure Galant.

[4] The embassy brought many gifts to present to Louis XIV, including gold, tortoise shells, fabrics, carpets, more than 1,500 pieces of porcelain, and lacquer furniture.

[8] After the French Revolution and its repudiation of foreign luxury, the textiles were named "Toiles des Charentes" or cottons of Provence.

Siamese embassy to Louis XIV led by Kosa Pan in 1686, by Nicolas Larmessin
Depiction of the Siamese embassy in Versailles , in a 1687 French almanac . The butsabok machine carrying King Narai's missive is seen in the painting.
Kosa Pan presents King Narai's letter to Louis XIV at Versailles, September 1, 1686.
The embassy with Louis XIV
The 1686 Siamese embassy, accompanied by their translator, Abbot Artus de Lionne . Painted by Jacques Vigouroux Duplessis (c.1680—1732).