Embassies of the King of Siam sent to his excellency Prince Maurits, arrived in The Hague on 10 September 1608 : an early 17th century newsletter, reporting both the visit of the first Siamese diplomatic mission to Europe and the first documented demonstration of a telescope worldwide / transcribed from the French original, transl. into English and Dutch, introd. by Henk Zoomers ; and ed. by Huib Zuidervaart