Pierre Davity
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Pierre Davity, or d'Avity, Sieur de Montmartin (1573–1635) was a French soldier and writer of compilations, today little known. His account of Senegal was plagiarised by Olfert Dapper in his Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden (1668).[1][2]
Works
- Les estats, empires et principautez du monde (1614)
- Le Monde (1st ed. 1637; 2nd ed. 1643; 3rd ed. 1660)