Henri Coudreau - Chez nos Indiens. Quatre années dans la Guyane française (1887-1891) - 1893

Henri Coudreau. Among our Indians. Four years in French Guiana (1887-1891). Paris, Hachette, 1893, iii-614 pp.

A quarto volume (300x205 mm), crimson morocco spine with cornerpieces, spine with gilt tooling, head gilt (binding of the period). Beautiful state of the binding. Light foxing

Original edition illustrated with 98 engravings and a large folding map of French Guiana

French geographer and explorer, Henri Coudreau dedicated a large part of his life to studying Guyana and the Amazon. In this work, he recounts four years of explorations conducted between 1887 and 1891 in the interior of French Guiana. His journeys, carried out by river and land routes, lead him to meet various Indigenous populations and to describe their territories, their ways of life, their languages and their customs. The narrative combines geographical, ethnographic and naturalist observations, as well as testimonies on the concrete conditions of exploration.