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"The author declares untenable the theories of Grotius, De Laet, Hornius and other writers on the origin of the Americans - that America was peopled (before the Flood) by a race superior to the present race - that the Flood did not extend to America, and that the main theories of the Deluge are wrong, especially that of Whiston. He gives his own theories on all these points, as well as on many others of equally high interest , without excluding the origin of the Negro" (Sabin) -
Samuel Engel, librarian of the city of Bern in 1736, magistrate of Aarberg in 1748, resigned from his functions on the "Grand Council" in 1755. He was a farmer, a geographer, and one of the most educated Bernese of his time -
Engel is the author of several books on geography and economics. From his earliest years, he was interested in geographical discoveries, especially those dealing with the polar regions. He diligently examined the maps and writings of Kirilov (the compiler of the first Russian atlas), Buache, Delisle, Müller, Gmelin and others. He examined these works as they relate to the northern parts of Asia and America -
Most of the questions he raised were valid -
Samuel Engel - Essay On This Question: When And How Was America Peopled With Men And Animals? - 1767 - Volume III -
Good condition of the binding, work in its period full brown leather, good condition of the covers and the spine, rubbing from use, corners slightly rubbed, damaged upper cover, lower right joint cracked on 3cm, spine with raised bands, edges red, gilt title and volume number on pieces of morocco -
Very good condition inside, pretty black and red title page, tailpieces, marbled flyleaves -
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