You might also like

More about Voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 164 loyalty points

Book synopsis

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. François Leguat (1637–1735) was a French Huguenot who became the leader of a group of seven Huguenot refugees forced to colonise the island of Rodriguez in 1693, after the French claimed their intended destination, the Ile de Réunion. He remained on the island for two years, before escaping via the neighbouring island of Mauritius. Volume 2 describes his imprisonment on Mauritius and in Jakarta before his return to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope in 1698.

Book details

Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope
• Subtitle: Transcribed from the First English Edition
• Author: Samuel Pasfield OliverFrançois Leguat
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• EAN: 9781108013529
• ISBN: 110801352X
• ID: 02054827
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 440 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 20 × 140 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. October 2010

Trending among others

---

---

---