According to modern historians, La Digue was first sighted by the French navigator Lazare Picault in 1742, but it was not until 1768 when it gained its name.
A bay, beach, village, administrative district and tourist hotel are all called Baie Lazare.
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In 1744 he returned to the Seychelles and renamed the largest island Mahé after Mahé de La Bourdonnais, the governor of Réunion and Mauritius, who was in charge of the mission.
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Praslin: Which Picault calls Isle de Palmes because of the large tracts of palm forests on the island.
Gare Saint-Lazare | Lazare Carnot | Saint-Lazare | Lazare Meerson | St. Lazare, Manitoba | St. Lazare | Lazare Saminsky | Lazare Picault | Lazare Kaplan International | Lazare Hoche | Baie Lazare |