The catalog of EFEO Publications includes works on a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, etc.), centered on Asia, from India to Japan.
These publications address both specialists, and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies.
Nouveau Voyage aux Indes Orientales (1786- 1813). Pierre Sonnerat
Collection : Collection Indologie
Collection's number: 115
Editor: Deloche (Jean), Ly-Tio-Fane (Madeleine)
Edition: EFEO, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)
Publication date: 2010
Status : Available
32,00 €
ISBN-13 : 9782855391076
ISSN : 0073-8352
Width : 17 cm
Height : 24,5 cm
Weight : 0,8 kg
Number of pages : 380
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Geography : India
Language : French
Place : Pondichéry
Support : Papier
Abstract
In this New Journey to East India, begun in 1786 and completed in 1813, Sonnerat sets out to furnish his readers with the information that he has gleaned through years of travel and research in that country and at the same time to gather together contemporary European knowledge about India. A stimulator of ideas, he makes a contribution of his own to knowledge about natural history, and opens the way for the study of physical geography (morphology, climatology, soil survey, hydrography) and human geography. In doing so, he describes the relationship of Indian people with their surroundings by studying the agricultural, industrial and commercial resources of the areas they inhabit and the benefits that they draw from them. The manuscript of this text, which has been untraceable since 1816, was found recently at the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia.
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