The New Found World, or Antarctike
The New Found World, or Antarctike is the English title of an account first published in French in 1557 by the French Franciscan priest and explorer André Thevet after his experiences in France Antarctique, a French settlement in modern Rio de Janeiro.
The New Found World, or Antarctike
André Thevet was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and to South America in the 16th century. 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.
André Thevet, c. 1550
André Thevet Cosmographie du Levant, 1556, Lyon.
An image of indigenous tribes in Brazil battling each other in André Thevet's Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (1557)