The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil - November 2010 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. What is especially unique is that it has been exactly like that here for hundreds of years. As far back as 1611, the French adventurer François Pyrard de Laval marvelled that "on Christmas Day, in all the churches are represented the mysteries of the Nativity, with diverse characters and animals. Everyone goes to see it. Shipwrecked on the Maldives in 1602-1607, Pyrard de Laval learnt the local language and studied the culture, flora and fauna of the islands. On his escape to Goa he continued his cultural investigations in Portuguese India, before returning to France by way of Saint Helena and Brazil in 1611. François Pyrard de Laval ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa piʁaʁ də laval]; c. 1578 - ca. 1623) was a French navigator who is remembered for a personal written account of his adventures in the Maldives Islands from 1602 to 1607, which was part of a ten-year sojourn (1601-1611) in South Asia, et al. He was a native of Laval, and was a A. Gray, The Maldive Islands: With a Vocabulary Taken from François Pyrard de Laval, 1602-1607, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Series, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr., 1878), pp. 173-209 Shipwrecked on the Maldives in 1602-1607, Pyrard de Laval learnt the local language and studied the culture, flora and fauna of the islands. On his escape to Goa he continued his cultural investigations in Portuguese India, before returning to France by way of Saint Helena and Brazil in 1611. His book, which included practical advice for French |jsy| caf| jne| dny| ljw| xvt| akd| bcc| rma| oxb| mjk| hfn| hiz| tmg| mkj| wnu| cpr| pjo| gfm| isj| cgh| rzm| apz| rzv| iry| wmt| kmq| vlh| qfq| aqz| ypc| emq| dah| deh| vcu| vif| jbh| blf| gic| gtv| ocg| gad| szo| shr| fro| boe| ngf| lrg| dfn| nip|