1st Edition
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies Vol. 2
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume two of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies.
Volume 2: Book IV Voyages, settlements, wars and trade, of the French in the East Indies, Book V Trade of Denmark, Sweden, Prussia, Spain and Ruffia, to East Indies, Book VI Discovery of America, Conquest of Mexico and settlements of the Spaniards in that part of the New World, Book VII Conquest of Peru by the Spaniards.
Biography
Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). Abbe Raynal occupied in French literature a position similar to that held by Hume and Gibbon amongst English authors. Among those who admired his writings was the Emporer Napolean.
