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André Thévet

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French priest, writer and explorer (1516-1590)

FranceScientistsLived 1516 to 1592 · aged 76
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André Thevet, OFM was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America.

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André Thevet, c. 1550André Thevet, c. 1550André Thevet Cosmographie du Levant, 1556, Lyon.André Thevet Cosmographie du Levant, 1556, Lyon.An image of indigenous tribes in Brazil battling each other in André Thevet's Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (1557)An image of indigenous tribes in Brazil battling each other in André Thevet's Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (1557)

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André Thevet, OFM was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America. His most significant book was The New Found World, or Antarctike, which compiled a number of different sources and his own experience into what purported to be a firsthand account of his experiences in France Antarctique, a French settlement near modern Rio de Janeiro.

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France
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1516 to 1592 · aged 76
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16 languages

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