Lafitau

"Joseph-François Lafitau (1 de enero de 1681, Burdeos - 3 de julio de 1746, ibíd.) fue un misionero jesuita francés que estuvo en América del Norte. Se le recuerda como etnólogo pionero (Costumbres de los salvajes americanos comparadas con las de los tiempos primitivos) y como divulgador del ginseng, a comienzos del siglo XVIII."

"Joseph-François Lafitau (French: [lafito]; May 31, 1681 July 3, 1746) was a French Jesuit missionary, ethnologist, and naturalist who worked in Canada. He is best known for his use of the comparative method in the field of scientific anthropology, the discovery of ginseng, and his writings on the Iroquois. Lafitau was the first of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada to have a scientific point of view. Francis Parkman praises Lafitau, stating, "none of the old writers are so satisfactory as Lafitau." He is best known as the author of (1724)."