Complete historical, physical, cultural, and political description of Chauvet's birthplace, Réunion Island, 1654-1833. Includes population statistics 1767-1832 and description of the life of enslaved persons.

Second half of volume documents Chauvet's life in New Orleans and New York, as well as voyages from New York to Berry Islands to New Orleans to Havana to NY. Chauvet documents yellow fever; politics; birth and death of his daughter in New Orleans. He also includes news from Réunion, Burma, Nantes, and Latin America.