“Primitive race”, “pure race”, “brown race”, “every race”: Louis Freycinet’s Understanding of Human Difference in Oceania

Margaret Sankey's critical edition of the Abbé Paulmier's Mémoires touchant l'établissement d'une mission chrestienne dans le troisième monde.Autrement appelé, La Terre Australe, Meridionale, Antartique, & Inconnuë (Paris: Champion, 2006).The Abbé Paulmier claimed to be a descendant of Esomericq, a native brought back to France by Gonneville. 2 Jacques Lévêque de Pontharouart has gone so far as to argue that the Abbé Paulmier made up the entire story of the voyage in order to further his own career in the Church.See his