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    There is another statue of La Bourdonnais in the port of Saint-Malo, France. In Saint-Denis, Réunion a statue of La Bourdonnais was also erected, and a suburb...
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    at that time, Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, contributed to the development of the city. Since Port Louis was relatively well-protected from...
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    quadrupled to 2,612 and the number of French had doubled. Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as a naval base and a shipbuilding centre. Under his...
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  • September 1782. Christy de La Pallière started sailing with the French East India Company in 1732, under his cousin Mahé de La Bourdonnais. During the War of...
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    Réunion (redirect from Ile de la Réunion)
    In the Port, the International Film Festival of Africa and the Réunion Islands (Festival international du film d'Afrique et des îles de La Réunion)...
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    establishing a colony on the site of the future port of Madras. In 1746, under the leadership of Admiral La Bourdonnais, French forces captured and plundered Madras...
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    The island was named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern-day Mauritius). Mahé was first visited...
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    Nougier, "Installation de la base secondaire de Port-Christmas : Baie de l'Oiseau – Archipel de Kerguelen", TAAF n° 32, Paris, La Documentation française...
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    service. Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët in Saint-Nazaire built La Champagne, La Gascoigne, and La Bretagne. La Bourgogne was unique, being...
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    Nations along the Quai d'Orsay, the Champ de Mars along the Avenue de La Bourdonnais and the Avenue de La Motte-Picquet to connect again with the Rue...
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    Kerguelen, pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting...
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  • (Cap) Joliot-Curie (Pic) Jussieu (Glacier) La Bourdonnais (Presqu'île) Lacs (Presqu'île des) Larmor (Vallée de) Larzac (Plateau du) Levant (Îlot du) Levant...
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    landed the same year in Port-Louis on Isle de France (Mauritius), whose governor general was Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais. There, he participated...
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    the intersection of the Rue Saint Honoré, Rue Tirechappe and Rue des Bourdonnais. Later, during the reign of Charles V, the meat market was transferred...
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    Mahébourg (category Grand Port District)
    considered the main town of the Grand Port District. Mahébourg is named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, one of the most successful governors...
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  • once situated there Impasse des Bourdonnais - named due to its proximity to the Rue des Bourdonnais Rue des Bourdonnais - Adam and Guillaume Bourdon, Mathematician...
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    and trend-setting French vessel. After her sea trials, Île de France traveled to her home port of Le Havre on June 5, 1927. The novelty of Art Deco aboard...
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    dynasties were built, including the Sarrazins, Barbettes, Bourdonnais (see rue des Bourdonnais), and Pisdoe or Pizdoue. Pizdoe family, four provosts of...
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    of his patron Mahé de La Bourdonnais), and the group the Iles de la Bourdonnais. He had high hopes for the Iles de la Bourdonnais. However, the islands...
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  • pepper, cinnamon and cloves at "Jardin Pamplemousses". Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as a naval base and a shipbuilding centre. Under his...
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    Atlantic. The liner was scrapped in Dunkirk in October 1923. La Touraine was laid down by Chantiers de [null Penhoët] for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique...
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    (1917) Roussillon (1920) Macoris (1920) Figuig (1920) La Bourdonnais (1920) Lamoricière (1921) De La Salle (1921) Pologne (1921) Gouverneur Général Chanzy...
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    of Mauritius, then known as Isle de France, in 1721. Secondary schools in the district include: Lycée La Bourdonnais - Curepipe Dr. Regis Chaperon S.S...
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    SS France (1960) (category Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique)
    Paris Yacht Marina, Port de Grenelle, Paris 15e, in 2018 it was acquired by the city of Le Havre and put on display near the fishing port. In January 2010...
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    famous French Governor of Mauritius, Mahé de La Bourdonnais at a time when the island was known as Isle de France. In 1735, Labourdonnais bought the property...
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    Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais coincided with development of a prosperous economy based on sugar production. Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as...
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    MS Express Samina (category Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique)
    (Greek: Εξπρές Σάμινα) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the...
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    poster is displayed in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. Work by the Société Anonyme des Chantiers de Penhoët began on the unnamed flagship on...
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    despatched a similarly-sized fleet under the Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais. After fighting an inconclusive battle the two fleets withdrew to...
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    Saint-Malo (category Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast)
    in 1711 Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759), mathematician and astronomer Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699–1753), sailor and administrator...
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