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'''The History of Sevarambians''' is a [[Utopian and dystopian fiction|utopian novel]] by [[Denis Vairasse]] published in 1675 as ''The History of the Sevarites or Sevarambi''.
Originally published in English, it was quickly translated into French and expanded, with parts two and three appearing in 1677 as ''L’Histoire des Sévarambes''. Two further instalments were published in French in 1679. The novel did not appear in its completed form in English until 1738.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)</ref>
The first part of the novel tells the story of a shipwreck that occurs during a voyage to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]]. The ship ''The Golden Dragon'', under Captain Siden, goes ashore in ''Terra Australis''. The castaways make lives for themselves, sustaining themselves with agriculture, hunting and fishing. Due to the paucity of females present, most of the men shared one one to a group of five men, except for the officers, who each were allowed their own wife. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)</ref>
== Influence ==
[[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], in his [[Théodicée]], referenced the title of this work, using ''Sevarambian'' as a synonym for Utopian.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Utopian fiction]]
[[Category:Novels set on fictional islands]]
[[Category:17th-century English novels]]
[[Category:Castaways in fiction]]
[[Category:Polygamy in fiction]]
[[Category:1675 books]]
Originally published in English, it was quickly translated into French and expanded, with parts two and three appearing in 1677 as ''L’Histoire des Sévarambes''. Two further instalments were published in French in 1679. The novel did not appear in its completed form in English until 1738.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)</ref>
The first part of the novel tells the story of a shipwreck that occurs during a voyage to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]]. The ship ''The Golden Dragon'', under Captain Siden, goes ashore in ''Terra Australis''. The castaways make lives for themselves, sustaining themselves with agriculture, hunting and fishing. Due to the paucity of females present, most of the men shared one one to a group of five men, except for the officers, who each were allowed their own wife. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (3 for 1)</ref>
== Influence ==
[[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], in his [[Théodicée]], referenced the title of this work, using ''Sevarambian'' as a synonym for Utopian.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Utopian fiction]]
[[Category:Novels set on fictional islands]]
[[Category:17th-century English novels]]
[[Category:Castaways in fiction]]
[[Category:Polygamy in fiction]]
[[Category:1675 books]]
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