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)
Hair, P. E. H. (1974). "Barbot, Dapper, Davity: A Critique of Sources on Sierra Leone and Cape Mount". History in Africa. 1: 25–54.
doi:
10.2307/3171759.
Lacroix, André (1869).
"Pierre Davity". Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme. 4: 99–102. Archived from
the original on 23 February 2024.
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)
Hair, P. E. H. (1974). "Barbot, Dapper, Davity: A Critique of Sources on Sierra Leone and Cape Mount". History in Africa. 1: 25–54.
doi:
10.2307/3171759.
Lacroix, André (1869).
"Pierre Davity". Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et de statistique de la Drôme. 4: 99–102. Archived from
the original on 23 February 2024.