François Leguat (1637/1639 – September 1735) was a French explorer and naturalist. He was one of a small group of male French Protestant refugees who...
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François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve ("Francois Leguat Reserve") is a park and nature reserve on the island of Rodrigues, dedicated to protecting...
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the 17th century, the Rodrigues solitaire was described in detail by François Leguat, the leader of a group of French Huguenot refugees who were marooned...
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somewhat more regularly for fresh supplies of food. In 1691, the Huguenot François Leguat and seven companions landed on the island, intending to set up a farming...
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Trochetia, anchor at Port Mathurin five times every month. On 1 May 1691, François Leguat and the first French landed on Rodrigues at the site of the future...
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Huguenot François Leguat in 1708 and was only mentioned a few times by other writers afterwards. The specific name "exsul" is a reference to Leguat, who was...
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Esquisses Historiques (1598–1710) 1905, p. 116 Leguat, Francois (1891). The voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the...
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Rodrigues rail (redirect from Leguat's Rail)
The Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati), also known as Leguat's gelinote or Leguat's rail, is an extinct species of the rail family that was endemic...
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Rodrigues parrot (redirect from Leguat's Parrot)
The Rodrigues parrot or Leguat's parrot (Necropsittacus rodricanus) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues...
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University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-818388-4. François Le Guat (1708). Voyage Et Avantures De François Leguat, & de ses Compagnons, En Deux Isles Desertes...
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became presumedly extinct shortly after it was first mentioned by François Leguat in 1693 who described them as a "great flight of bitterns". BirdLife...
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original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2012. Leguat, François (1891). The voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the...
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melancholy, having refused to eat or drink. The marooned French Huguenot François Leguat used the name "solitaire" for the Rodrigues solitaire, a Raphine bird...
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Review". Quaternary. 3 (1): 4. doi:10.3390/quat3010004. Leguat, F. (1891). The voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape...
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the offshore islet of Île Gombrani, which was then called au Mât. François Leguat, a Frenchman who was also marooned on Rodrigues from 1691 to 1693 and...
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d'Osterlog Botanical Garden Curepipe Botanic Gardens Ebony Forest Chamarel François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve, Rodrigues Vallee de Ferney Conservation...
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Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22728662A208157102. Leguat, François (1708): Voyages et Avantures de François Leguat & de ses Compagnons, en Deux Isles Desertes...
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years on the Île aux Fouquets under the direction of the Frenchman François Leguat. They had previously tried to establish a Protestant republic called...
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Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), Dutch biologist, developer of the microscope François Leguat (c. 1637–1735), French naturalist who described species of birds and...
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(Cylindraspis vosmaeri, p. 276). Leguat de la Fougère, François (1707-78). Voyage et avantures de François Leguat & de ses compagnons en deux îles déserte...
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T22728787A94996659.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Leguat, F. (1891). Oliver, S. P. (ed.). The voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java...
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T & AD Poyser. ISBN 978-0-7136-6544-4. * Leguat, François (1708): Voyages et Avantures de François Leguat & de ses Compagnons, en Deux Isles Desertes...
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governor of Mauritius from 1692 to 1703. In 1693 he had to deal with François Leguat. In 1695, a big hurricane devastated the island, several of the Burghers...
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abundant in 1681, but quickly declined thereafter; the French explorer François Leguat considered them rare in 1693, and the Dutch governor of Mauritius Roelof...
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stragglers were present in Rodrigues. The Mauritius "géant" mentioned by François Leguat in 1708 was probably a flamingo and not an endemic bird species as...
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Mont Lubin, Rodrigues Rodrigues College Mixed Private aided Grade 13 François Leguat Street, Port Mathurin, Rodrigues Songes College Mixed Private aided...
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1111/jbi.13450. S2CID 91541852. Le Guat, François; Oliver, Samuel Pasfield (1891). The voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java...
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the Anse Quitor peninsula, near to the Airport, and right beside the Francois Leguat Reserve. The landscape is near the coast, close to sea-level, and relatively...
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and resources., London : W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1914 François Leguat, The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape...
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been of French origin, and he may possibly have been a descendant of François Leguat. Legat studied at the Trustees' Academy under Alexander Runciman, and...
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