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    documents written that might explain why Marco Polo called it Madagascar is in a 1609 book on Madagascar by Jerome Megiser. Jerome Megiser describes an event in...
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    against French colonial rule in Madagascar, lasting from March 1947 to February 1949. Starting in late 1945, Madagascar's first French National Assembly...
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    documents written that might explain why Marco Polo called it Madagascar is in a 1609 book by Jerome Megiser. In this work, Jerome Megiser describes...
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    island of Madagascar by France. It was the last phase of the Franco-Hova War and followed the First Madagascar expedition of 1883–1885. Madagascar was at...
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    respectively. Instead of a 1500 metre race, there was a 1 mile race which made for 1609 metres. The 440 yard breaststroke, like the freestyle, was 402 metres. The...
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    vassal state of the Satsuma Domain of Japan after the invasion of Ryukyu in 1609 but retained de jure independence until it was transformed into the Ryukyu...
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    sizeable shareholder of the VOC. In 1609, he complained of the VOC's poor corporate governance. On 24 January 1609, Le Maire filed a petition against the...
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  • (complete list) – Kigeli II Nyamuheshera, King (1576–1609) Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura, King (1609–1642) Yuhi III Mazimpaka, King (1642–1675) Cyilima...
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    Piracy (redirect from Piracy in Madagascar)
    of such areas include the waters of Gibraltar, the Strait of Malacca, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden, and the English Channel, whose geographic structures...
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    from that time numerous accounts on Asia would be published. From 1604 to 1609, following the return of François Martin de Vitré, Henry developed a strong...
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