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Beteilige Person: Rochon, Alexis-Marie de (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Trapp, Joseph (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1792
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Maritime Exploration
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139794855
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139794855
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139794855
Zusammenfassung:Published in English translation in 1793, this was the first study of Madagascar by a European. A member of the Académie des Sciences, Alexis-Marie de Rochon (1741–1817) was a distinguished French physicist, astronomer and traveller. He was involved in scientific voyages of discovery in the 1770s, conducting a hydrographic survey of the Indian Ocean. The present account was intended to show the advantages of French settlement in Madagascar and includes details of geography, anthropology and agriculture. In discussing cocoa and sugar, Rochon outlines the potential advantages of steam engines in sugar factories. He also provides an exploration history of the region and an interesting account of colonial leaders, notably Maurice Benyovszky (1746–86), the explorer-adventurer who was appointed governor of Madagascar by Louis XV. The work also includes a 'Memoir of the Chinese Trade', which details the many products traded between Europe and China in the late eighteenth century
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:1 online resource (460 pages)
ISBN:9781139794855
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139794855

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