Le Vaudois des terres noyées
Subtitle: ingénieur à la Guiane française, 1777-1791
By: Jean Samuel Guisan ; texte préfacé, introduit et annoté par Yannick Le Roux, Olivier Pavillon et Kristen Sarge ; avec une contribution de Gilbert Coutaz, directeur des Archives cantonales vaudoises, et une postface d'Eunice Richards-Pillot, romancière ; transcription du manuscrit par Olivier Pavillon, revue par Marianne Enckell ; transcription des pièces annexes par Olivier Pavillon et Kristen Sarge
Contributors: Le Roux, Yannick, 1952- editor, writer of added commentary; Pavillon, Olivier, editor, writer of added commentary; Sarge, Kristen, editor, writer of added commentary
Series: Espace outre-mer; Collection Espace outre-mer
Publisher: Éditions d'en bas; Ibis Rouge Éditions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lausanne, Suisse; Matoury, Guyane
Language: fre
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9782844504005; 9782829004193
Subjects: Agricultural engineers; Biography; Hydraulic engineers; Plantation life; Hydraulic engineering; Agricultural engineering; History
Description: In 1769, John Samuel Guisan (1740-1801), Swiss-born self-taught engineer, arrived in Suriname to help his uncle in the management of plantations. During his visit to Paramaribo in 1777, the authorizing officer Malouet, entrusted him with the mission to develop the culture of the people of the lowlands in French Guiana and manage the royal slaves involved in public works. Until 1791, he worked as the promotion of "drowned lands", advising, landscaping, building on behalf of the colony and population specific. Back in his homeland, he wrote his memoirs for posterity, in which he delivers an exceptional testimony to his career in Dutch Guiana and French agriculture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index.