Navigateurs des Lumières

Leurs récits de voyage autour du monde

Book cover: Navigateurs des Lumières

Extent: 212 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Series: L'Europe des Lumieres

Language: French

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(October 2026)

ISBN: 9782406211020

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $37.00

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(October 2026)

ISBN: 9782406211037

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $108.00

This book is a collection of logbooks and texts written by British and French sailors in the Eighteenth Century. They conquered new territories but they also described their encounter with unknown populations, especially in the Pacific. Their texts are at the core of Enlightenment anthropology.


This book is a collection of logbooks and texts written by British and French sailors in the Eighteenth Century. They conquered new territories but they also described their encounter with unknown populations, especially in the Pacific. Their texts are at the core of Enlightenment anthropology.