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by Pierre Poivre, a man who had traveled the Far East as a missionary — first for the Catholic faith and then for French colonial agriculture. During an adventurous life, in which he was captured three times by the British, Poivre introduced the nutmeg, clove, and other Asian plants to the colonies
137:. Today in northern Mauritius, the SSR Botanical Garden−Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses still flourishes and is now a 25 hectares (62 acres) garden containing tropical plants and trees from other islands in the Indian Ocean, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. 495:. To break the Dutch monopoly of the spice trade, he too resorted to smuggling, and even to night raids. But it was Poivre's description of the mountain rice of Vietnam, a country ruled by philosopher-princes, that particularly caught Jefferson's attention." 318: 478:"Jefferson now turned his attention from the commercial success of his southern countrymen to their health. In the summer of 1787 he began to wonder whether the culture of dry rice might 626: 90:, he was struck by a cannonball on the wrist while engaged in a naval battle with the British. The injury required the amputation of part of his right arm. 206: 123: 29: 445: 632: 705: 638: 680: 157:. In order to obtain the spices, Poivre arranged clandestine smuggling forays to obtain plants and seeds from the Dutch 690: 179:
Voyages d'un philosophe ou observations sur les moeurs et les arts des peuples de l'Afrique, de l'Asie et de l'Amérique
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He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the
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Photographs of the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden—Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses
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Lewis A. Maverick (June 1941). "Pierre Poivre: Eighteenth Century Explorer of Southeast Asia".
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In his early 20s (ca. 1739), Poivre was a missionary in Far Eastern locations that included
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Tableau historique de l'Inde, contenant un abrĂ©gĂ© de la mithologie et des mƓurs indiennes
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Tableau historique de l'Inde, contenant un abrĂ©gĂ© de la mithologie et des mƓurs indiennes
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Poivre is also remembered for introducing spice plants to Mauritius and Reunion, such as
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in 1769–1770. Poivre was also responsible for introducing spice plants to the
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Pierre Poivre married Françoise Robin (1749 - 1841) on 5 September 1766 in
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Françoise Julienne Ile-de-France Poivre (1770 - 1845), married
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worldwide. He was succeeded as its director by the botanist
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In the 1760s, Poivre became administrator intendant of
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group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
horticulturist
botanist
Lyon
France
cordon of St. Michel
Cochinchina
Guangzhou
Portuguese Macau
French East India Company
East Indies
Isle de France
Mauritius
Ile Bourbon
RĂ©union
Indian Ocean
botanical garden
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
tropical
habitats
Jean-Nicolas Céré
clove
nutmeg
Dutch East Indies
Spice Islands
Seychelles
Thomas Jefferson
Vietnam

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