Journey to Mauritius
By: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ; translated with an introduction and notes by Jason Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Jason, 1944-
Series: Lost and found series
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Mauritius -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290).
"First published in French, 1773."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Author's preface to the first edition, 1773; title: Prospectus for a new edition of the journey to Mauritius; title: Preamble to the journey to Mauritius; title: Letter 1: Lorient, 4 January 1768; title: Letter 2: Lorient, 28 January 1768; title: Letter 3: Lorient, 20 february 1768; title: Letter 4: On board the Marquis de Castries, 3 March; title: Log: March 1768; title: Observations on the customs of sea-faring people; title: Observations on the sea and fish; title: Observations on the sky, winds and birds; title: Observations of possible use for the better management of sailors; title: Observations on scurvy; title: Letter 5: My arrival at Mauritius; title: Letter 6: Port Louis, 6 August 1768; title: Letter 7: Port Louis, 15 September 1768; title: Letter 8: Port Louis, 8 October 1768; title: Letter 9: Port Louis, 7 December 1768; title: About animals native to Mauritius; title: Letter 10: On what comes from the sea: fish, shells, and coral; title: Meteorological journal; title: Letter 11: Port Louis, 10 February 1769; title: Letter 12: Port Louis, 25 april 1769; title: On Blacks; title: Letter 13: Port Louis, 29 May 1769; title: Agriculture, herbs, vegetables, and flowers brought to the island; title: Letter 14: Port Louis, 10 July 1769; title: Shrubs and trees brought to the island; title: Letter 15: Port Louis, 15 July 1769; title: Animals brought to mauritius; title: Letter 16: Port Louis, 15 August 1769; title: A tour around the island; title: Letter 17: Journey on foot around the island; title: Letter 18: On commerce, agriculture, and the island's defence; title: Preamble to the end of the first volume: on whites and Blacks; title: Letter 19: Departure for France, arrival at R; title: nion, hurricane -- Letter 20 -- Letter 21 -- Letter 22: Quality of the air and soil in the Cape of Good Hope; plants, insects, and animals -- Letter 23: Slaves, Hottentots, the Dutch -- Letter 24: continuation of my Cape journal -- Letter 25: Departure from the Cape, description of Ascension Island -- Letter 26: Conjectures on the antiquity of the soil on Ascension Island, on Mauritius, on the Cape of Good Hope and in Europe -- Letter 27: Observations on Ascension Island, departure, arrival in France -- Letter 28: On voyagers and voyages.