Thevet, André, 1502-1590
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Name (Latin)
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Other forms of name
Theuet, André, 1502-1590
Theuet, F. A., 1502-1590
Thevet, F. A., 1502-1590
Thevetus, Andreas, 1502-1590
Thévet, Andrea, 1502-1590
Thevet, Andre
Thevet, Andrew, 1502-1590
Tevet, Andrea, 1502-1590
Date of birth
1502
Date of death
1590
Field of activity
Cosmography
Occupation
Botanists
Chaplains
Clergy
Explorers
Historians
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. and d. dates vary in different sources
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Sources of Information
- Thevet, André ; Franciscan ; chaplain to Catherine de Medici, historiographer and cosmographer to the king ; born 1516 in Angoulême, died 23 November 1590 in Paris ( (BnF, catalogue général, viewed June 28, 2022) )
- Thevet, André ; born 1502; died 1590 ; French monk, explorer and botanist ; variant names: Thevetus, Andreas; Thevet, F. A.; Theuet, André; Theuet, F. A. ( (Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, viewed June 28, 2022) )
- His The new found worlde, 1568.
- Plutarch. The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans ... 1657:t.p. (Andrew Thevet)
- Historia dell'India America, 1584:t.p. (Andrea Teuet)
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André Thevet (1584)
André Thévet, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
André Thevet, OFM (; French: [təvɛ]; 1516 – 23 November 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and South America. His most significant book was The New Found World, or Antarctike, which compiled a number of different sources and his own experience into what purported to be a firsthand account of his experiences in France Antarctique, a French settlement near modern Rio de Janeiro.
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