A Voyage to Madagascar, and the East Indies: To Which Is Added M. Brunel's Memoir on the Chinese Trade

by Alexis-Marie de Rochon and Alexis Brunel

Published in English translation in 1793, this was the first study of Madagascar by a European. A member of the Acad mie 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108060900
• ISBN13: 9781108060905
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"