Immerse yourself in the adventures of 18th century French explorerse and XIXe centuries resonates differently today. In each of their words are written the disastrous consequences that the colonial enterprises of the European powers had over time. Through a selection of extracts from travel journals, New roads, unknown coasts invites the reader to board the ships in the company of La Pérouse, Bougainville and Dumont d’Urville, among others. Alongside them, we leave for Tahiti, Rio de Janeiro or Antarctica, we slip into the shoes of spies, we bargain and we discover new customs. Through their reflections, we access the emergence of issues – colonial, religious, economic, geopolitical, cultural and gender – which will forever influence the course of history. A true object of art, this beautiful book imagined by Hubert Sagnières also presents numerous illustrations, engravings and maps, many of them previously unpublished, which put into perspective the way in which dominant images and stories color the Western understanding of the world.
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