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
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The port of Toamasina
Lighthouse of Ile aux Prunes
Downtown in 1912
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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…draining of the neighboring marshes, there is some improvement, although there are still outbreaks of malaria and other diseases, such as chikungunya. André Michaux (1746–1802), botanist and explorer, died in Tamatave. Toamasina owes its importance to the existence of a coral reef which forms a spacious harbour…
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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