Jean-Baptiste Labat

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Jean-Baptiste Labat
Born	1663 (1663) near Paris
Died	January 6, 1738(1738-01-06) (aged 74–75) Paris
Church	Roman Catholic
Writings	Nouveau voyage aux iles de l'Amerique and Voyage du Chevalier Demarchais en Guinee, iles voisines, et a Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726, et 1727

Jean-Baptiste Labat (sometimes called, simply, Père Labat) (1663 – 6 January 1738) was a French clergyman, botanist, writer, explorer, ethnographer, soldier, engineer, and landowner.