Pierre Davity

Pierre Davity, or d'Avity, Sieur de Montmartin (1573–1635) was a French soldier and writer of compilations, today little known. His account of Senegal was plagiarised by Olfert Dapper in his Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden (1668).

Works

 * Les estats, empires et principautez du monde (1614)
 * Le Monde (1st ed. 1637; 2nd ed. 1643; 3rd ed. 1660)