A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

Download or read book A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies written by Abbe Raynal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume one of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies.