VOYAGE A CAYENNE, DANS LES DEUX AMERIQUES, ET CHEZ LES ANTROPOPHAGES; CONTENANT LE TABLEAU GENERAL DES DEPORTES, LA VIE ET LES CAUSES DE L'EXIL DE L'AUTEUR.LE COMMERCE ET LES MOEURS DES SAUVAGES, DES NOIRS, DES CREOLES ET DES QUAKERS

Pitou, Louis Agne

Verlag: Paris, 1805

Two volumes. 312; 404pp. Folding frontispiece in each volume. Later quarter calf and marbled boards. Hinges rubbed and worn, extremities worn. Unobtrusive ownership stamp on front flyleaf of first volume. Mostly clean internally. Good. In 1797, Pitou was exiled to Cayenne by Napoleon Bonaparte. Pardoned in 1801, he visited the United States during his return trip to France. Pitou visited New York and Newport, adding Quakers to his list of New World observations. While Sabin claims this work is "largely fictitious," it would seem that Pitou's narrative was based on actual experience, and that he was mainly guilty of exaggeration, especially about the cannibalism of the natives of Cayenne. Most of the narrative discusses the plight of the exiles in Guiana and their problems there. HOWES P395. SABIN 63057. MULLER 2476. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM14244

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Titel: VOYAGE A CAYENNE, DANS LES DEUX AMERIQUES, ...
Verlag: Paris
Erscheinungsdatum: 1805