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4 unusual facts about Lazare Picault


La Digue

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.

Lazare Picault

A bay, beach, village, administrative district and tourist hotel are all called Baie Lazare.

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.

Praslin: Which Picault calls Isle de Palmes because of the large tracts of palm forests on the island.



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