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Gia Long

Pigneau was helped by Pierre Poivre, who had previously been involved in seeking French commercial interests in Vietnam.

Jeanne Baré

Commerson was delighted to find that his old friend and fellow botanist Pierre Poivre was serving as governor on the island, and Commerson and Baret remained behind as Poivre's guests.

Pierre Poivre

In his early 20s he was a missionary in Far Eastern locations such as Cochinchina, Guangzhou and Macau.

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Here, he was later succeeded as director by botanist Jean-Nicolas Céré.

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Today on northern Mauritius, the Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses that Poivre created still flourishes, it is now a 25-hectare garden containing tropical plants and trees from Africa, Asia, the Americas, as well as islands of the Indian Ocean.

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