Louis Ange Pitou (April 1767 in Valainville, a commune of Moléans 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Châteaudun – 8 May 1846 in Paris) was a French author and counterrevolutionary.
He entered the priesthood, but after the beginning of the French Revolution he abandoned his profession.
A zealous royalist, he was arrested sixteen times, and finally transported to Guiana under the Directory.
Shortly after his arrival at Cayenne he escaped, and after many adventures among the natives he returned to France.
This work, although full of inaccuracies, excited the public curiosity, and a second, enlarged edition was published (2 vols., 1808).