A Voyage to Madagascar, and the East Indies : To Which Is Added M. Brunel's Memoir on the Chinese Trade Paperback / softback
by Alexis-Marie de Rochon
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration series
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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.
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- Pages:460 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2013
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:460 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2013
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- ISBN:9781108060905