Hope Diamond

Comments

1. The person who originally took the gem was Pierre Cartier.

2. Cartier sold the gem to Louis XIV, King of France, that was then cut into the Hope Diamond.

3. Tavernier became interested in the gem after Pierre.

4. It was very expensive that was worth 220,000 livres and today it is worth about 1.8 million.

5. Tavernier had went on a journey to find out more the gem.

Questions

1. Were there any guard or people around when Cartier try to steal the gem?

2. How did Cartier steal the gem?

3. What happen to the statue after the people found out that the gem was gone?

4. Why is Tavernier so interested about the gem and Cartier's doings?

Vocabularies

1. accommodation: adjustment of differences; reconciliation.

2. laud: to praise
3. pickaxe: a pick, esp. a mattock

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Overview Sentence

-It's about how the gem became the Hope Diamond and was known after awhile.