Benoît de Maillet was a well-travelled French diplomat and natural historian. He was French consul general at Cairo, and overseer in the Levant. He formulated an evolutionary hypothesis to explain the origin of the Earth and its contents. Wikipedia
Born: April 12, 1656, Saint-Mihiel, France
Died: January 30, 1738 (age 81 years), Marseille, France
Nationality: French
Books
Telliamed
1748
Telliamed, Or, The World Explain'd: Containing Discourses Between an Indian Philosopher and a Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of Men & Animals, and Other Singular Subjects, Relating to Natural History & Philosophy : a Very Curious Work
Telliamed: Or, Discourses Between an Indian Philosopher and a French Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of Men and Animals, and Other Curious Subjects Relating to Natural History and Philosophy
Telliamed; Discourses Between an Indian Philosopher and a French Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of M