Pierre Davity Explained
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).[1] [2]
Works
- Les estats, empires et principautez du monde (1614)
- Le Monde (1st ed. 1637; 2nd ed. 1643; 3rd ed. 1660)
Bibliography
- Hair . P. E. H. . 1974 . Barbot, Dapper, Davity: A Critique of Sources on Sierra Leone and Cape Mount . 10.2307/3171759 . History in Africa . 1 . 25–54.
- Gilbert . Allan H. . 1919 . Pierre Davity: His "Geography" and Its Use by Milton . Geographical Review . 7 . 323–338.
- Lacroix . André . 1869 . Pierre Davity . Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme . 4 . 99–102 . 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 . 23 February 2024.
- Perrossier . Cyprien . 1902 . Pierre Davity, géographe et bel esprit du xviie siècle . Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme . 36 . 199–209, 310–316, 438–441 . 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 . 31 July 2017.
- Thilmans . Guy . 1971 . Le Sénégal dans l'oeuvre d'Olfried Dapper . Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire . 33 . 3 . 508–563.
Notes and References
- Hair 1974, 36–40.
- Gilbert 1919, 323
