Pierre Davity

Pierre Davity, or d'Avity, Sieur de Montmartin (1573–1635) was a French soldier and writer of compilations, today little known. His account of Senegal was plagiarised by Olfert Dapper in his Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden (1668).Hair 1974, 36–40.Gilbert 1919, 323

Works

  • Les estats, empires et principautez du monde (1614)
  • Le Monde (1st ed. 1637; 2nd ed. 1643; 3rd ed. 1660)

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite journal |last=Hair |first=P. E. H. |date=1974 |title=Barbot, Dapper, Davity: A Critique of Sources on Sierra Leone and Cape Mount |doi=10.2307/3171759 |journal=History in Africa |volume=1 |pages=25–54}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Gilbert |first=Allan H. |date=1919 |title=Pierre Davity: His "Geography" and Its Use by Milton |url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-207589/page/n1/mode/2up |journal=Geographical Review |volume=7 |pages=323–338}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Lacroix |first=André |date=1869 |title=Pierre Davity |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5432641d/f105.image |journal=Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme |volume=4 |pages=99–102 |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k5432641d%2Ff105.image#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=23 February 2024}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Perrossier |first=Cyprien |date=1902 |title=Pierre Davity, géographe et bel esprit du xviie siècle |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5432123r/f203.image |journal=Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme |volume=36 |pages=199–209, 310–316, 438–441 |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k5432123r%2Ff203.image#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=31 July 2017}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Thilmans |first=Guy |date=1971 |title=Le Sénégal dans l'oeuvre d'Olfried Dapper |journal=Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire |series= |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=508–563}}

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Category:1573 births

Category:1635 deaths

Category:French soldiers

Category:17th-century French writers