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| Author | Guillaume Thomas Raynal Denis Diderot Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach Jacques-André Naigeon Jean de Pechméja Jean-François de Saint-Lambert Joseph-Louis Lagrange Jacques-André Naigeon and others |
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| Original title | Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes |
| Working title | Histoire des deux Indes |
| Genre | Encyclopaedia |
| Published | 1770 |
| Publication place | France |
The Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, more often known simply as Histoire des deux Indes, is an encyclopaedia on commerce between Europe and the Far East, Africa, and the Americas. It was published anonymously in Amsterdam in 1770 and attributed to Abbot Guillaume Thomas Raynal.[1] It achieved considerable popularity and went through numerous editions. The third edition, published in Geneva in 1780, was censored in France the following year.[2]
The Histoire des deux Indes filled a public need for knowledge in the Age of Enlightenment, answering questions that preoccupied the minds of those in the late 18th century, around the time of the French Revolution.
- ^ Brizay, François (2024), "Comparing and criticising early modern imperial policies in the Age of Revolution", Agents of European overseas empires, Manchester University Press, pp. 45–65, ISBN 978-1-5261-6734-7
- ^ Andrew S. Curran, Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely, Other Press, 2019, p. 361