Journey to Mauritius

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  • Publisher: Signal
  • Catalogue: 106210
  • Size: 13.5x20.5cm
Journey to Mauritius is Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s account of his twenty eight month stay in the French colony of Mauritius between 1768 and 1770. Bernardin, one of the most beloved French novelists of the age, is an obtuse observer in this account of colonial society and daily life.

Structured into a series of letters, Bernardin’s portrait of Mauritius includes a detailed description of the island’s geography, flora and fauna, as well as an evaluation of the closed nature of the native culture and the distressing picture of the cruelties of plantation life and slavery.

The journal also includes detailed descriptions of Reunion and the Dutch-controlled Cape Colony. An introduction by Jason Wilson sets the travel account in its historical context, discussing Bernardin’s life and ideas as well as the hostility the book provoked when it was first published.

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