Auguste Toussaint (1911–1987) was the Archivist in Chief of

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

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and an historian of his island,

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Thei ...

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Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

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In French * 1992 - ''L'océan Indien au XVIIIe'', éd.

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, * 1980 - ''Histoire de l'océan Indien'', collection ''

Que sais-je? "Que sais-je?" (QSJ) (; Literally: "What do I know?", ) is an editorial collection published by the Presses universitaires de France (PUF). The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study wr ...

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* 1979 - ''Les Frères Surcouf'', éd. Flammarion, Paris * 1978 - ''Histoire des corsaires'', collection ''Que sais-je ?'', éd. PUF * 1974 - ''L'Océan Indien au XVIIIe'', éd. Flammarion, Paris. * 1971 - ''Histoire de l'île Maurice'', éd. PUF * 1967 - ''La Route des îles : Contribution à l'histoire maritime des Mascareignes'', éd. S.E.V.P.E.N. * 1966 - ''Une Cité tropicale, Port-Louis de l'Ile Maurice'', éd. PUF Vendôme In English * 1954 - ''Bibliography of Mauritius (1502-1954)'' avec H. Adolphe, Esclapon Limited, Port Louis

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