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Mauritius
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Mauritius A state consisting of the islands of Mauritius and Rodriguez, it was named after Prince Maurice of Nassau...plantations was imported from India. The population of Mauritius became ethnically and religiously heterogeneous, with...
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Commerson, Philibert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Flacq, Î le de France [now Mauritius], 13 March 1773), natural history...Java (end of September 1768); and Mauritius (10 November 1768). Bougainville returned...in his own quarters. After exploring Mauritius, Commerson went to Madagascar (October...
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rupee
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x113; / • n. the basic monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, equal to 100 paisa in India, Pakistan, and Nepal, and 100 cents in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.
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Brown-Séquard, Charles-Édouard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...xE9; quard, Charles- É douard ( b . Port Louis, Mauritius, 8 April 1817; d . Paris, France, 1 April 1894) physiology...a real home. Before receiving his degree he had lived in Mauritius, and after completing his studies he went to the United States...
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Poivre, Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...nations. When he arrived at the î le-de-France (Mauritius) in 1746, he noted that the few spice plants introduced...intendant) of the î le-de-France and Bourbon (Mauritius and R é union). As intendant, Poivre had so many...
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Gill, David
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...1872 to 1876, during which time he went on an expedition to Mauritius, where, with Lord Lindsay and others, he observed the 1874...nations prepared elaborate expeditions to observe it. While on Mauritius, Gill used the Dun Echt heliometer to observe a near approach...
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cent
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management
...one hundredth of a shilling . 5. A monetary unit of South Africa, worth one hundredth of a rand . 6. A monetary unit of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, worth one hundredth of a rupee . 7. A monetary unit of Swaziland, worth one hundredth...
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Jay, William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...in Pittville Parade (now Evesham Road), Cheltenham, were by him. He went bankrupt, and obtained an official post in Mauritius, where he died. Bibliography Colvin (1995); Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, xxii/4, (Dec. 1963...
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Vienna, Congress of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...minute; Hanover's gains included East Frisia; Britain retained the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Tobago, St Lucia, Malta, Mauritius, the Ionian Islands, and Heligoland. The first piece of the settlement to collapse was the union of Belgium and Holland...
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Commonwealth of Nations
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...British Indian Ocean Territory † 1965 Gambia 1965 Singapore 1966 Barbados 1966 Botswana 1966 Guyana 1966 Lesotho 1968 Mauritius 1968 Nauru 1968 Swaziland 1970 Fiji (expelled 1978) 1970 Tonga 1970 Western Samoa 1972 Bangladesh 1973 Bahamas 1974 Grenada...
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