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	Mauritius travel and tourism guide
		Mauritius is a tropical island paradise situated in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
		Mauritius is well connected to international cities with daily flights operated by Air Mauritius and other leading airlines including Air France, British Airways and Emirates Airlines.Mauritius is an island located in the Indian Ocean about 800km (550 miles) east of Madagascar and 2,000 km (1,250 mi) off the nearest point of the African coast.
		By the 16th century Mauritius was firmly marked on the nautical charts of European sailors and in 1598 became a Dutch colony.
	www.mauritius.travel.online.fr (2077 words)

	Mauritius - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, with the French island of Réunion 200 km to the southwest.
		Mauritius has been a stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, and has attracted considerable foreign investment earning one of Africa's highest per capita incomes.
		The island of Mauritius itself is formed around a central plateau, with its highest peak in the southwest, Piton de la Riviere Noire at 828 m.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /mauritius.htm (976 words)

	Mauritius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The head of state of Mauritius is the president, who is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly, the unicameral Mauritian parliament.
		The two official languages of Mauritius are English and French, of which French is the still the most widely spoken despite France having lost its colonial dominion over the island for close to 200 years.
		When discovered, the island of Mauritius was home to a previously unknown species of bird, which the Portuguese named the dodo (simpleton), as they appeared not too bright.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Mauritius (1105 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mauritius, also known as the Ile de France, was nicknamed "the Gibraltar of the East" for its reputed strength and also for its strategic location near the two great trade routes around the Cape of Good Hope to India and to the East Indies.
		Any blockade of Mauritius was complicated by the existence of two excellent ports: Port Louis on the northwest side of the island and Grand Port on the southeast.
		Few commanders were the equal of Josias Rowley, able to skillfully create the conditions needed for victory, even when faced with daunting odds.
	hometown.aol.com /batrinque/personal2 (5148 words)

	LEFTFIELD-PSI Spear of Destiny Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But, to the men of Mauritius' command, the standard flown from the spear which had pierced the side of Christ was a constant reminder of their faith and assurance that the blessings of God were with them in battle.
		Mauritius and his lieutenants, Candid and Exeperius the Compidoctor, gathered what remained of the Theban Legion under the rallying point of the battle standard flown from the Spear of Destiny.
		Here, Mauritius delivered a fiery and stirring speech, calling on what remained of his command to hold true to their faith and recall the brave examples of their comrades who had gone on to martyrdom in the name of the One True God.
	www.leftfield-psi.net /religion/spear_of_destiny1.html (1703 words)

	What's new in IBP 9?
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	www.axandra.com /history.htm (5943 words)

	Aubrey-Maturin series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commander Jack Aubrey returns to England to take up the life of a country squire, where he meets the Williams family, and their cousin Diana Villiers.
		Aubrey is given command of the frigate HMS Surprise, and charged with carrying a British ambassador to the East Indies.
		Aubrey is given the command of a 74-gun ship of the line and has to endure blockade duty off Toulon under the command of Lord Collingwood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Master_and_Commander (4105 words)

	The Capture of Mauritius in 1810
		On November 2nd, the British sloop Victor, 18, Commander Edward Stopford, was chased in the Bay of Bengal by the French frigate Bellone, 40.
		On the 21st, as she was about to make Riviere Noire, on the south-west of Mauritius, she was sighted by the Sirius, which chased, but failed, in consequence of the wind, in an attempt to cut her off from the protection of the batteries.
		The force on the Cape station, where Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie commanded, had received so many accessions of strength by the autumn of the year 1810, that it was determined to attempt the reduction of the island of Mauritius, then known as Isle de France.
	home.planet.nl /~pdavis/Mauritius.htm (5978 words)

	Mauritius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mauritius has attracted more than 9,000 offshore entities; many aimed at commerce in India and South Africa while investment in the banking sector alone has reached over USD 1 billion.
		The two official languages of Mauritius are English and French, of which French is the still the most widely spoken despite France having lost its colonial dominion over the island nearly 200 years ago.
		The Dutch in Mauritius (http://www.colonialvoyage.com/mauritius.html) The Dutch in Mauritius
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Mauritius (1281 words)

	Captain Jean Lafitte part 2. Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers & Swashbucklers.
		He stopped at the Seychelles & took on a load of slaves for the Mauritius, but being chased by an English frigate as far north as the equator, he found himself in a very awkward situation, that of not having enough provisions on board his ship to carry him back to the French Colony.
		After putting nineteen of his crew on board the Schooner, he took command of her & proceeded to cruise along the coast of Bengal where he found the Pagoda, a ship belonging to the English East India Company, armed with twenty six, twelve pound guns & manned with one hundred & fifty men.
		I tender not only my own services to defend it, but those of all I command & the only reward I ask is, that a stop be put to the proscription against me & my adherents, by an act of oblivion for all that has been done hitherto.
	www.vleonica.com /lafitte2.htm (3856 words)

	The Mauritius Command, by Patrick O'Brian
		As The Mauritius Command opens, I was struck again how POB accentuates Jack's and Stephen's different milieus: Jack isn't just keenly attuned to the winds, clouds, airs, breezes, but is now observing the heavens with his hand-ground telescope from his own little observatory.
		Commander Pico, catching sight of the shells of the salvo as they reached the apex of their trajectory, calculated that they would land directly on his position on the Spatlaese, and promptly voided himself.
		Near the end of "The Mauritius Command," one of the LESS humorous books in the canon once past Chapter One: Jack is ebullient at the news of his son, everyone is congratulating him at dinner, and Stephen's thoughts have wandered during the course of Jack's cheerful flow.
	jfinnera.www1.50megs.com /Mauritius.htm (16713 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Mauritius Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Here in the opening chapters of The Mauritius Command is that future, and they are some of the most sustained humorous scenes of the entire Canon.
		As a newly promoted commander in a small sloop, and even as a post captain, he was at the beck of more senior officers.
		Now, as commodore in command of a squadron of several ships-of-the-line and lesser warships, plus a small herd of transports and Indiamen crowded with troops, he has reached a position of high command, with orders to capture the French outpost islands of Mauritius and La Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/078612816X (1213 words)

	The Mauritius Command -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Mauritius Command -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Mauritius Command (1977) is a (A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story) novel by (Click link for more info and facts about Patrick O'Brian) Patrick O'Brian, the fourth in the (Click link for more info and facts about Aubrey–Maturin series) Aubrey–Maturin series.
		The novel is based upon a campaign carried out by the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy in 1810.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_mauritius_command.htm (83 words)

	Rambles: Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Mauritius Command begins with a dismal accounting of Capt. Jack Aubrey's unhappy domestic situation ashore: poverty, a shrewish mother-in-law, cramped and ramshackle accommodations, young twin daughters who escape his understanding, a sad but patient wife and, of course, a desperate longing for the sea.
		Aubrey is made commodore, a temporary appointment placing him in command of ships and men destined for the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion.
		The Mauritius Command is a taut, thrilling novel of seamanship.
	www.rambles.net /obrian_mauritius77.html (311 words)

	Alibris: Mauritius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Over millions of years the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, developed a unique flora and fauna, but when man arrived and introduced the dog, rat, pig and monkey, he wreaked havoc on the delicate ecosystem.
		Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island-state with a population of about one million, provides a fascinating focus for this comprehensive study of social...
		Each title in the series includes over 200 full-color photographs and provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the country together with all the essential data that tourists, business visitors or students are likely to require.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Mauritius (775 words)

	On Jack Aubrey, as told by Patrick O'Brian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Maturin is captured and tortured, Aubrey's agent has absconded with his prizemoney, and he is in temporary command of Lively on blockade duty.
		An inauspicious start, but things improve when he is given command of the frigate Surprise and sent to India and China.
		Commanding Diane Aubrey takes an important passenger to the East Indies to negotiate a treaty.
	www.cleverley.org /navy/aubrey.html (623 words)

	H. M. S. Surpise and The Mauritius Command by Patrick O' Brian
		His heartbreak is balanced by Aubrey's happiness - when he saves the China fleet their gratitude makes him rich, and at the end of the book he is marrying Sophie.
		The Mauritius Command is based on an historical, the taking of the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion.
		Mauritius, and several of their ships are taken by the French.
	homepage.mac.com /wrk/iblog/C592819435/E818609532 (438 words)

	Atlas: Mauritius
		Lonely Planet Mauritius Reunion & Seychelles (Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles) by Jan Dodd and Madeleine Philippe
		The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters (Harri Kallio)
		Mauritius Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs) by Martine Maurel
	www.infoplease.com /atlas/country/mauritius.html (130 words)

	Mauritius - Books, Maps and Atlases for sale
		Mauritius seems to be the ideal subject for a photographer with good equipment and an unlimited expense account.
		Mauritius is the focus for this study of social identity and political culture.
		This work is based on an investigation of the language acquisition process, particularly with regard to syntax, among Mauritian children learning to speak Mauritian Creole as their first language.
	www.africaguide.com /country/mauritis/books.htm (695 words)

	Ghost Signs - The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It's a great tale of derring-do in the Indian Ocean, its based on some actual events and actual ships and overall the tone is very convincing.
		There are setbacks, of course but the combimnations of land and sea warfare are engaging.
		This one is pretty big on military history (the names have been changed to suit the series!).
	www.ghostsigns.com /item-039330762X.htm (538 words)

	[No title]
		The Mauritius Command BR 8742 by Patrick O'Brian 3 volumes During the time of the Napoleonic wars, Captain Jack Aubrey is given command of a British naval squadron in the Indian Ocean.
		The squadron's mission is to capture the French bases on the islands of Mauritius and La Runion, but the problems Aubrey must cope with arise from the personalities of the other commanders rather than the hazards of life on a warship.
		Gideon's Sport BR 8755 by J.J. Marric 2 volumes Commander Gideon of Scotland Yard and his men are involved in a series of cases centering on attempts to fix or subvert key sports events during a hot English summer.
	www.loc.gov /nls/catalogs/braille/1993-1994/fiction.txt (20538 words)

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		On half-pay and without a command, Captain Jack Aubrey is stranded at home in an over-crowded cottage with his large and frequently bad-tempered family....
		Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command - until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope...
		Deception, flmail, murder, revenge: these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin....
	www.traveldrama.com /shop/mauritius.html (6747 words)

	Leaning Towards the Dark Side: Book 42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But it is of small consequence, since Lucky Jack quickly recieves command of a squadron and is off to South Africa.
		He is not blessed with excellence in either category, as the Admiral is only interested in his share of Jack's prize money and his captains are an uneven lot.
		Needless to say, Jack's abilities are put to the test in his first squadron command.
	www.taintedbill.com /archives/002688.html (424 words)

	Leaning Towards the Dark Side: Book 38 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He had sailed in her under a taut captain and an even tauter first lieutenant -- had spent hours and hours banished to the masthead -- and done most of his reading there -- had carved his initials on the cap: were they still to be seen?
		She was old, to be sure, and called for nursing; but what a ship to command...
		This is the third of his books I have read (in the wrong order) and I am now resolved to climb up the rigging of all of them.
	www.taintedbill.com /archives/002489.html (308 words)

	BARISTA: corsairs at Mauritius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		And I know that Matthew Flinders was captured and held in Mauritius as part of the Napoleonic Wars.
		The subsequent story of the naval war around Mauritius and the Battle of Grand Port is told here and is apparently fictionalised in O'Brian's The Mauritius Command.
		The letters written in Mauritius are published here for the first time, and cover a tragic, though little known, period in his life...
	dox.media2.org /barista/archives/000788.html (323 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Preface - Mauritius
		Unlike Sri Lanka, however, Maldives appears nowhere else in the Country Study series, and in the view of the authors it warranted treatment here, especially as it shares some concerns of the island countries in the southwestern ocean.
		Reunion, although also a Mascarene Island like Mauritius, chose to become an integral part of metropolitan France, and thus is not included in this volume.
		The Introduction discusses significant events and trends that have occurred since the completion of research; the Country Profiles include updated information as available; and the Bibliography lists recently published sources thought to be particularly helpful to the reader.
	www.exploitz.com /Mauritius-Preface-cg.php (589 words)

	Islands.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He had previously visited the island for a birding story and was eager to return to experience more of the culture.
		His favorite experience was visiting the tea plantations, where he could walk through tea gardens, watch as tea leaves were harvested by hand, and tour the processing factory.
		The mountains meet the water on the southern tip of Mauritius, but on the rest of the island, casuarina-fringed white-sand beaches offer shallow lagoons for snorkeling.
	www.islands.com /articles/b02062002.asp (971 words)

	Mauritius
		This Mauritius Command (S-LE) Poster is made with High Quality Poster paper and is made for...
		Fantastic guide to Mauritius - This guide is one of our most used guide books.
		This book gave us all the information we needed, with details of the best places to visit on the island, and the best restaurants to visit.
	www.growinglifestyle.co.uk /uk/j66805 (320 words)

	Amazon.com: The Mauritius Command (Aubrey Maturin Series): Books: Patrick O'Brian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nothing was heard of them until they hit Mauritius, where they upset the balance of powers in those waters entirely.
		While not a quick read, if you are willing to invest the time and energy, the Mauritius Command and all of the books in the series are well worth you time.
		The opening of The Mauritius Command brings us some changes, especially for Captain Jack Aubrey, who finds himself in the improbable role (for him) of husband and father of twins.
	www.amazon.com /Mauritius-Command-Aubrey-Maturin/dp/0393037045 (2260 words)

	The Mauritius Command (Main Page) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius from the French.
		Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command—until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion.
		But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains—Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.
	www.wwnorton.com /catalog/backlist/mauritius.htm (240 words)

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