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Pierre-Olivier Malherbe (1569–1616) was a French explorer from the city of Vitré. Pierre-Olivier Malherbe went on 27-year world tour, and returned to France in 1609. He has a claim to being the first French circumnavigator.〔(''Asia in the Making of Europe'' p.393 )〕 He visited China, and in India had an encounter with Akbar.〔 Upon his return, Pierre-Olivier Malherbe met several time with the French king Henry IV, to tell him about the gold and silver of the East Indies. He explained about the routes to reach these places, and offered to lead an expedition for the king.〔 Pierre-Olivier Malherbe may have been the author of a Malay language dictionary, which was added to François Martin de Vitré's work ''La Description du premier voyage fait aux Indes orientales par les Français en l'an 1603'' in 1609.〔 He is mentioned in the 1629 ''Traité de navigation et des voyages de découvertes et conquêtes, principalement des François'' by geographer Pierre Bergeron. In Paris, he also met with the Dutch linguist Erpenius, who was preparing the first Latin-Arab Dictionnary. ==See also== *France-Asia relations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre-Olivier Malherbe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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