Laudonniere's "Many hermaphrodites", 1562-67
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCaptain Laudonniere's account of four French expeditions into Florida during the years 1562-67 observes:
There are in all this country many hermaphrodites, which take all the greatest paine and beare the victuals when they goe to warre. 4
4. Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere, A Notable Historie Containing Faure Voyages Made by Certayne French C~Ptaynes unto Florida. . . . trans. Richard Hakluyt (London: Thomas Dawson, 1587), p. 3 {i.e., 5).