Fame is obtained not from the wealth of goods but rather from the quality of the heart and sometimes from the memory.
The explorer François Pyrard, the “Marco Polo Mayennais”
Here is the fabulous story of François Pyrard, a merchant from Laval, moreover a handsome man according to women of all generations, who chose to go to India to trade and sell his sails, his fabrics and his mattress fabrics unlike his contemporaries. who were trying to conquer the new world.
Leaving in 1601 from Saint-Malo, this veritable Mayenne Marco Polo in spite of himself, would not return to Laval until ten years later.
Hervé Gérolami tells you about his adventures in ten stages.
– Herve Gerolami
A series proposed, written and narrated by Hervé Gérolami.
Production and mixing: Capucine Thiébaut
Artistic coordination: Jacques Morin
- Step One: When a Commercial Cruise Turns into a Disaster
- Step Two: The storm reveals the nature of men…
- Step Three: Rum is always bad captain!
- Fourth Stage: In the Maldives, the castaway becomes a diplomat…
- Step Five: Free to move at last, but in Calicut!
- Sixth Stage: From Cochin to Goa there is only one step…and prison!
- Seventh Step: In Goa, cured of malaria, he is adored by women!
- Step Eight: In India, the power of chemistry is at the service of women
- Step Nine: Sea Fortune…
- Last Stage: Returning safe and sound is well worth a pilgrimage…