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In 1546, Pierre Belon - already a naturalist of some renown -
travelled to Constantinople in the entourage of the French
Ambassador to Suleiman the Magnificent. En route, he visited
Venice, Ragusa, Corfu and Crete, and over the next two years
travelled throughout the Ottoman domains, - to Egypt, Anatolia,
Arabia, and the Holy Land - returning to France in 1549. Wherever
he went, Belon described plants, birds, mammals and fish, and
recorded the customs of the inhabitants - what they ate, how they
reared their children - collecting information on almost every
aspect of the lands through which he passes. He did not rely on
hearsay, on previous accounts, or on authority: what we have are
his own observations, and the result of assiduous questioning and
meticulous recording. His Observations, 'written in our ordinary
French tongue', were published in 1553. In April 1564, Pierre Belon
was murdered by persons unknown while crossing the Bois de
Boulogne. Although Pierre Belon is well known as a naturalist, and
- with his treatises on fish and birds - as a founder of
comparative anatomy, his Observations have not previously appeared,
in full, in English. Following a distinguished career as a civil
servant, James Hogarth acquired a reputation as a versatile and
punctilious translator. His translations span travel guides,
archaeological texts, and novels. His 2002 translation of Victor
Hugo's Travailleurs de la Mer was awarded the French-American
Foundation Translation Prize. He died in 2006.
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have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
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appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
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