André Michaux
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André Michaux was a French botanist and explorer. He is most noted for his study of North American flora. In addition Michaux collected specimens in England, Spain, France, and even Persia. His work w
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Historical marker off Aviation Ave in North Charleston, South Carolina
Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens characteres plantarum, Volume 1
Brachystemum miticum by Pierre-Joseph Redouté from Flora Boreali-Americana
Toamasina
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Toamasina, meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian
André Michaux
…was accompanied by an African slave he owned named Merlot. Michaux then went to Madagascar to investigate the flora of that island. Michaux died at Tamatave in Madagascar of a tropical fever at around 9 a.m. on 11 October 1802. His work as a botanist was chiefly done in the field, and he added largely to…
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The port of Toamasina
Lighthouse of Ile aux Prunes
Downtown in 1912