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).^[1]^[2]

Works

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

References

^ Hair 1974, 36–40.
^ Gilbert 1919, 323

Bibliography

Hair, P. E. H. (1974). "Barbot, Dapper, Davity: A Critique of Sources on Sierra Leone and Cape Mount". History in Africa. 1: 25–54. doi:10.2307/3171759.
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. Archived from the original on 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. Archived from the original on 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.

[1] Hair 1974, 36–40.

[2] Gilbert 1919, 323

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