author
d'Evreux Yves
b. 1570
A Capuchin friar and early travel writer, he left one of the notable firsthand accounts of French missionary work and colonial life in northern Brazil in the early 1600s. His writing is especially valued for its observations of Maranhão and its Indigenous peoples during a brief but important moment in Atlantic history.
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About the author
Born around 1570, Yves d'Évreux was a French Capuchin friar associated with the French mission to Maranhão in northern Brazil. Library and catalog records identify him as Yves d'Évreux, often with life dates given as 1570-1630?.
He is best known for his account of the journey and mission in Brazil during 1613 and 1614, a work later published under the title Voyage dans le nord du Brésil fait durant les années 1613 et 1614. That book has become an important source for readers interested in early colonial Brazil, missionary history, and cross-cultural encounters in the region.
Reliable sources found here confirm his historical importance, but they do not provide a verified portrait photograph or likeness of him. Because of that, no author image is included.