François Leguat
François Leguat (* 1637 in la Bresse , † September 1735 in London ) was a French explorer.
Live and act
Leguat was a Huguenot who fled to Holland in 1689 after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 . In 1690, according to Henri Duquesne's plan , he set out on a ship called l'Hirondelle , together with a group of other Huguenots, and sailed towards the Indian Ocean . They planned to start a new life on the island of Reunion , which they believed had been abandoned by the French. Since Réunion was still inhabited by the French, they ended up on the uninhabited island of Rodrigues instead .
Two years later they built a ship and sailed to Mauritius . Leguat later returned to Europe. In London in 1708 he published a description of his adventures including his natural history observations under the title Voyages et aventures de François Leguat et de ses compagnons en deux isles désertes des Indes orientales . It also describes species such as the Rodrigues solitaire , the Rodrigues parakeet and lizards of the genus Phelsuma , probably the Rodrigues giant gecko ( Phelsuma gigas ) and the Rodrigues day gecko ( Phelsuma edwardnewtoni ).
A reserve on Rodrigues is named after him, the François Leguat Reserve.
Works
- François Leguat: Voyages et aventures de François Leguat et de ses compagnons en deux isles désertes des Indes orientales . 2 volumes, David Mortier, London 1708. (French). - Translated into German as:
- Hn. Francisci Leguat, a Frenchman and his companions Travels and strange incidents to two uninhabited East Indian islands . Frankfurt u. Leipzig 1709. Digitized at Google Books
literature
- Richard Andree: The Emigrants on the Mascarene Mountains (1690–1698) . In: Otto Spanner (Hrsg.): Real and true robinsonades, trips and travel experiences from all zones. Otto Spanner's youth and home library . Second series, eleventh volume. Verlag Otto Spanner, Leipzig 1868, p. 41-58 . Digitized
Web links
- Literature by and about François Leguat in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on François Leguat in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- François Leguat Reserve
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.francoisleguatreserve.com/ François Leguat Reserve
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leguat, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1637 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | la Bresse |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1735 |
| Place of death | London |