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Georges Cuvier

Discourse on the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth



Historical Note

Georges Cuvier's important study Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles des quadrupèdes [Research on the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds] was first published in France in 1812. The Discours sur les révolutions du globe [Discourse on the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth] was the introduction to the larger work.

The translation, by Ian Johnston of Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, is based upon the Third French Edition (Paris and Amsterdam, 1825). As Cuvier's Preface makes clear, the introduction to the earlier work had been translated into English (in 1813) and German (in 1822), and had added considerably to Cuvier's international reputation as one of France's most important scientists. Editions of Cuvier in English and French were sufficiently popular to go through many editions.

The central argument in the Third Edition is the same as in the first, and the two texts are at times very similar indeed. However, the Third Edition is longer and contains a much more extensive discussion of ancient cultures.

This translation is available as a paperback book from Richer Resources Publications.

At the bottom of this page are links to two reviews of the first English edition of Cuvier's essay.

For questions, comments, corrections, and so on, please contact Ian Johnston.

 

Copyright Information

For copyright information please consult the following link: Copyright.


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Click here for English Text or here for French Text

Reviews of the first English translation of Cuvier's essay in The British Review and London Critical Journal, 1813 and in The Edinburgh Review, 1813-1814

 


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