Voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, - Transcribed From the First English Edition

Klappentext This volume of the publications of the Hakluyt Society (1889) contains the memoirs of traveller Fran ois Leguat (1637 1735). Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This work contains the memoirs and observations of François Leguat (1637–1735), the leader of a group of French Huguenots forced to colonise the Indian Ocean island of Rodriguez in 1693. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contents; List of illustrations and maps; Editor's preface; Bibliography; Introduction; Chronology of events; Addenda et corrigenda; Dedicatory letter to Herr Christian Bongart, Dutch edition; Table of contents in headings of chapters, Dutch edition; Title of original English edition; Letter of dedication to the Duke of Kent; Author's preface; Part I: Voyage and adventures of Legaut and his companions until their departure from the Island of Rodriguez; Autobiographical monument inscribed by the author.

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• Authors: Leguat Francois, Francois Le Guat, Fran Ois Leguat, Francois Leguat, François Leguat, Samuel Pasfield Oliver
• Assisted by: Samuel Pasfield Oliver (Editor), Oliver Samuel Pasfield (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108013512
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01351-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge History of Latin Ame; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Geographical discovery & exploration, Southern Africa, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, African History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Historical Geography, African history: pre-colonial period