Title André Thevet's North America : a sixteenth-century view / an edition-translation, with notes and introduction, by Roger Schlesinger and Arthur P. Stabler

Published Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1986

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 292 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series desLibris. Books collection Contents Contains excerpts from: Singularitez de la France antarctique -- Cosmographie universelle -- Grand insulaire -- Description de phusiews isles Summary André Thevet was one of the most widely travelled Frenchmen of the sixteenth century, visiting almost all the main countries and regions of western Europe, the Near East, and Brazil. He served four consecutive French kings, beginning with Henry II, as Royal Cosmographer and "garde des singularitez." As cosmographer, he wrote three major books dealing with the discovery and subsequent exploration of the New World: Les Singularitez de la France antarctique (1556), La Cosmographie universelle (1575), and the Grand Insulaire (unpublished, 1586). Although the portions of these works devoted to South America have received considerable attention from scholars, Thevet's work on North America has remained inaccessible to students of the Age of Discovery. Professors Schlesinger and Stabler have now added Thevet to the list of enjoyable books by early European explorers of North America Notes Collection of selections from Thevet's Les singularitez de la France antarctique and La cosmographie universelle (originally published in French), and a copy of his Grand insulaire (never before published) presented in English and French Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2021. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Thevet, André, 1502-1590 -- Travel -- North America Thevet, André, 1502-1590 Indians of North America. Indians of Mexico. Expeditions -- history Indians, North American BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY -- North America. Indians of North America Indians of Mexico Discoveries in geography -- French Travel America -- Discovery and exploration -- French America -- Early accounts to 1600. North America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Canada -- Description and travel. Canada America North America Genre/Form Electronic books autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Early works Autobiographies. Exploration literature. Autobiographies. Form Electronic book Author Schlesinger, Roger, 1943- Stabler, Arthur Phillips Thevet, André, 1502-1590. Singularitez de la France antarctique, autrement nommée Amérique. Selections. English. 1986 Thevet, André, 1502-1590. Cosmographie universelle. Selections. English. 1986 Thevet, André, 1502-1590. Grand insulaire. English & French. 1986 LC no. 87146391 ISBN 9780773561298 0773561293 128285089X 9781282850897

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