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    Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (5 November 1758, Bournois – 12 May 1831, Paris) was a French botanist known for his work collecting and describing...
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    France. Between 1838 and 1842, French naval commander Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars responded to French complaints and forced the queen and Tahitian chiefs...
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    Normandy and the Île-de-France. They are notable for inheriting the Duchy of Brittany through Pierre de Dreux's marriage to Alix de Thouars in the early 13th...
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    sent Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars to obtain reparations. Once his mission had been completed, Admiral Du Petit-Thouars sailed towards the Marquesas...
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    be 1880, when Rear Admiral Abel Bergasse Dupetit-Thouars (adopted son of Abel Aubert Du Petit-Thouars), forcibly removed the last resistance. The Marquesas...
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    frigate division, comprising Étoile and Sultane, under Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars, to engage in commerce raiding. Philibert commanded the French forces...
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    orchid was first discovered by the French botanist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars in 1798, but was not described until 1822. It is noteworthy for its...
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    under Captain Pierre-Henri Philibert and Sultane under Captain Georges Du-Petit-Thouars. While Iphigénie and Alcmène targeted British trade with West Africa...
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    doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0262-5. du Petit-Thouars, L.-M. Aubert (1804). "Didymeles". Histoire des végétaux recueillis dans les îles de France, de Bourbon et de...
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  • Lord Viscount Nelson: with notes. H. Colburn. Petit Thouars, Aristide Aubert du (1937), Petit Thouars: héros d'Aboukir, 1760-1798; lettres et documents...
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    corvette Heure du Berger in 1767. The first scientific exploration was conducted by French naturalist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars, who stayed on...
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    Valenciennes, A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839...
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  • Orléans (3) Cazaux Olympique (8) v La Roche VF (4) US Philibertine (5) v Thouars Foot 79 (6) Aviron Bayonnais (5) v Pau FC (2) Vendée Fontenay Foot (5)...
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    Polynesia. The name honours French admiral and botanist Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars. Two subspecies exist on the islands, Ptilinopus d. dupetithouarsii...
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    orchid was first formally described in 1822 by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars who gave it the name Limodorum pulchrum. The description was published...
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    more and more influence. As early as 1842, Rear Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars had claimed the Society Islands on behalf of France. However, King...
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    by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars in his book Histoire particulière des plantes orchidées recueillies sur les trois Iles Australes d'Afrique, de...
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    by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars in his book Histoire particulière des plantes orchidées recueillies sur les trois Iles Australes d'Afrique, de...
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    Mansle Hippodrome de Romagne, Niort Hippodrome de Villeneuve, Thouars Hippodrome du Haut-Rillon, La Rochelle Hippodrome de Déffends, à Sault Hippodrome...
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    galapagensis were known. The specific epithet thouarsii refers to Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars, who found both species some 30 years earlier when his ship visited...
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    introduction of horses brought into the island by Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars in 1842. The central part of the island is a high plateau called To'ovi'i...
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    Togo and Cameroon. In 1838, the French naval commander Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars responded to complaints of the mistreatment of French Catholic missionary...
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    midnight only Tonnant remained engaged, as Commodore Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars continued his fight with Majestic and fired on Swiftsure when the British...
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  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Thouars Foot 79 Régional 1 6 Thouars Deux-Sèvres Nouvelle-Aquitaine US Torcy Régional 1 6 Torcy Seine-et-Marne Île-de-France Sporting...
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    de Villaret-Joyeuse Vice-admiral Bruix Rear Admiral du Chayla Capitaine de vaisseau du Petit Thouars Capitaine de vaisseau Casabianca Lieutenant général...
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    deforestation. Horses were brought from Chile to Ua Huka by Admiral du Petit-Thouars in 1842, it has gained a reputation ever since as the "horse island"...
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    before the early 13th century. The village then belonged to Guillaume de Thouars, lord of Candé and Lion-d'Angers. His descendants were part of the Châteaubriant...
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  • filibustering, the actions of Gabriel D'Annuzio in Fiume, Adel Aubert du Petit-Thouars in Tahiti and Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy were suggested as non-American...
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    ring leaders. One of Burie's lieutenants named the sieur de Savignac de Thouars was active in the Agenais. The parlementaires of Bordeaux complained to...
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    January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018. Du Petit Thouars, A.A. (1806). Histoire des végétaux recueillis dans les îles australes d'Afrique (in French). Paris:...
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