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in 1557. Although purportedly based on his own firsthand experiences, Thevet also used previous published sources as well as verbal accounts from other explorers and sailors and from indigenous Canadians who had been brought back to France. Thevet later settled a court case with another scholar who
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The New found vvorlde, or Antarctike, wherein is contained wōderful and strange things, as well of humaine creatures, as beastes, fishes, foules, and serpents, trées, plants, mines of golde and siluer: garnished with many learned
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Thevet's use of such a variety of sources not otherwise printed, despite the considerable errors and contradictions, means that his work remains valuable for the ethnography of both eastern Canada and Brazil.
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La Cosmographie Universelle d'Andre Thevet Cosmographe dv Roy. Illvstree de diverses figvres des choses plvs remarqvables veves par l'auteur, & incogneues de noz anciens & modernes
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Soon after Thevet's return to France from the near East in 1554, he published an account of his voyage under the title
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and writer who travelled to the Near East and to South America in the 16th century. His most significant book was
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Once Thevet was established as cosmographer to the French court, he compiled his
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Sous la leçon des vents: le monde d'André Thevet, cosmographe de la Renaissance.
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An image of indigenous tribes in Brazil battling each other in André Thevet's
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contains the first descriptions in European texts of plants such as the
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claimed to have been responsible for the actual writing. An edition of
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Proceedings of the Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society
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Almost immediately after this expedition, he set sail again as the
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of Franciscans of Angoulême. He visited Italy at the same time as
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On his return from the Americas, Thevet published a book titled
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in southwestern France. At ten years of age, he entered the
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Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (Paris: 1558).
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in 1572 before Thevet's work finally appeared in 1575.
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In 1584, Thevet published a collection of biographies,
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André Thevet's North America: A Sixteenth Century View
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The new found worlde, or Antarctike (London: 1568).
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He accompanied the French ambassador 14: 738: 569:"Some Remarks Concerning André Thevet" 529: 506:Thevet, André; Hacket, Thomas (1568). 445: 284:The text also includes an account of 71: 567:Cardozo, Manoel Da Silveira (1944). 463: 461: 459: 441: 439: 437: 435: 433: 431: 429: 340:The New found vvorlde, or Antarctike 198:, inaccurately, to have accompanied 179:and later was employed by the king. 140:. In 1549, thanks to the support of 416:, Anagramme Editions, 2010, p. 94. 24: 560: 486: 467: 288:that was one of the influences on 243:The New Found World, or Antarctike 215:The New Found World, or Antarctike 94:The New Found World, or Antarctike 25: 792: 696: 456: 426: 318:, was an account of his travels. 241:in 1558, and an English edition, 659:. McGill University Press, 1986. 449:Dictionary of Canadian Biography 208: 104:a French settlement near modern 43: 550:Frère André Thevet (1516–1590) 523: 499: 474:University of Virginia Library 403: 169:Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon 13: 1: 396: 269:, as well as of the animals 7: 728:La Cosmographie Universelle 718:Digitized and available on 623:Schlesinger, Roger (1985). 615:Lestringant, Frank (2003). 470:"André Thevet (1516?-1592)" 379: 10: 797: 542: 237:was printed in Antwerp by 212: 142:John, Cardinal of Lorraine 771:French military chaplains 707:John Carter Brown Library 669:Sixteenth Century Journal 414:Bodream ou rêve de Bodrum 292:'s essay on cannibalism. 766:Historiography of Brazil 452:. University of Toronto. 374:Histoire de deux voyages 321: 316:Histoire de deux voyages 297:Cosmographie Universelle 196:Histoire de deux voyages 663:Whatley, Janet (1986). 619:Presses Paris Sorbonne. 446:Trudel, Marcel (2019). 338:(in English in 1568 as 329:Cosmographie de Levant. 245:, was printed in 1568. 111: 530:Thevet, André (1557). 221:Cosmographie du Levant 194:Thevet claimed in his 191: 173:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 125: 122:Cosmographie du Levant 35: 776:French Navy chaplains 756:People from Angoulême 185: 119: 34:André Thevet, c. 1550 33: 410:Jean-Pierre Thiollet 202:to America in 1550. 548:Cantacuzene, J. 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André Thévet

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Franciscan
priest
explorer
cosmographer
The New Found World, or Antarctike
France Antarctique
Rio de Janeiro

Angoulême
convent
Guillaume Rondelet
John, Cardinal of Lorraine
Palestine
Egypt
Gabriel de Luetz
Istanbul
chaplain
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Catherine de Médici

Guillaume Le Testu
The New Found World, or Antarctike
Les singularitez de la France Antarctique
Plantin
manioc

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