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Mauritius Seychelles
First posted on July 2nd 2002, last revised on November 7th 2010







When Portuguese navigators found Reunion in 1635, it was uninhabited, France took possession of the island in 1642, refering to it as Isle de Bourbon; it was renamed Reunion in 1793. French overseas departement since 1946.

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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles
Article : Reunion, from Wikipedia
Links General from African Studies at UPenn; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World
Category : Reunion, from Wikipedia
Categorie : La Reunion, from Wikipedia French edition
on History Category : History of Reunion, from Wikipedia
Categorie : Histoire de La Reunion, from Wikipedia French edition
Organizations
Timelines by J.M. Regnier
Article : Histoire de La Reunion (Chronology), from Wikipedia French edition
Timetable of Reunion History, by Corinne Narrassiguin
Accounts of History from Wikipedia
Politics Politics of Reunion, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Reunion
Military
Article Economy of Tonga, from Wikipedia
Entry Reunion, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor; Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Reunion
Article Economy of Reunion, from Wikipedia
Categorie : Histoire Economique de La Reunion, from Wikipedia French edition
History of the Distillerie de Savanna; Reunion, from Ministry of Rum
Ethnography Languages of Reunion (3), from Ethnologue
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Reunion, from Kirken i Norge
La Reunion, from Virtual Jewish History Tour
History of Regions Arrondissements of Reunion, from www.statoids.com
Communes of Reunion, from www.statoids.com
Local History Communes of the Reunion Department, from Wikipedia
History of St. Denis, from Wikipedia
Institutions Structurae : Reunion, Lighthouses of Reunion, from The Lighthouse Directory
Reunion, from Airline History
Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Reunion, pp.163-164
Biographies African Women Bibliographic Database
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel)
Lists of Bishops
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer)
Election Results
Documents Historical Newspapers History of Reunion, from World History Archives
Modern Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Reunion, from ABYZ (links)
Image Databanks Wikimedia Commons
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Airline Timetable Images : Reunion
Archival Deposits
Constitutions, Laws
Treaties
Consular Reports
Document Surveys Ch.12 : De Scriptoribus Rerum Africanarum et Americanarum, pp.263-273, in B.G. Struve, Selecta bibliotheca historica, 1705, in Latin, GB ; a catalogue of narrative historical sources
Scriptores de insulis Bourbon et France pp.209-211 in vol.3 pt.1 of B.G. Struve/J.G. Meusel, Bibliotheca historica 1787, in Latin, GB
Document Collections
Historical Maps Maps of Reunion, from Corinne Narrassiguin
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
Secular Article Reunion, from EB 1911
Article Reunion, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious
Economic J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Maskarenen, posted by DTBSWS
Geographical Reunion p.356 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Historical
Parliamentary Debates Hansard (British Parliament)
Tour Guides, Travelogues
Institutions Archives, Musea, Libraries Museums in Reunion, from International Council of African Museums
Reunion : Archives Departementales, from genealogie.com
Official Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Reunion, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Reunion coins from World Coin Gallery
Stamps Rare Reunion Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Reunion Stamps 1851-1905, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies RHS Bibliography, search for Reunion
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Reunion (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Reunion-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
Online Libraries General Gutenberg Library Online, Internet Archive
Persee (French search engine)
Online Journals On the Indian Ocean
General Accounts
Specific Topics
Historical Dictionaries
Yearbook Entries Article : Reunion, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 p.521, 1898 p.519, 1901 p.597, 1905 pp.658-659, 1910 p.803, 1919 p.868, 1924 p.917, 1925 pp.928-929, 1926 pp.901-902, 1928 p.917, 1929 pp.903-905, 1932 pp.905-907, 1937 pp.946-947 [G]
Article : Reunion, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.741, 1928 p.678, 1930 p.662, 1931 p.655, 1932 p.618, 1933 p.666, 1934 pp.508-509, 1935 p.610, 1936 p.630, 1937 p.614 [G]
Article : Reunion, or Bourbon, in : Americana Annual 1938 pp.597-598, 1939 p.671, 1940 p.675 [G]
Article : Reunion Island, in : International Year Book 1898 p.668 [G]
Article : French Colonial Empire, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1946 pp.329-330, 1947 pp.344-345 [G]
Article : French Overseas Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1948 pp.330-332, 1949 pp.287-290 [G]
Article : Reunion, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1951 pp.599-600, 1953 p.608, 1954 p.609, 1955 p.658, 1956 p.596, 1957 p.658, 1958 p.593, 1959 p.591, 1960 p.592, 1961 pp.600-601, 1962 p.592, 1963 p.695 [G]
Articles Colonies and Other Dependencies; French Community, from : Britannica Book of the Year 1964 pp.265-268, 381-382, 1965 pp.254, 376 [G]
Articles Colonies and Other Dependencies : Reunion, from : Britannica Book of the Year 1966 p.205, 1967 pp.219-220, 1968 p.218, [G]
Article Dependent States : Reunion, from : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 p.279, 1970 p.279, 1971 p.269, 1972 p.241, 1973 p.232 [G]
Article : France : Reunion, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1943 pp.931-933, 1970-1971 pp.922-923 [G]
Article : Reunion, in : Americana Annual 1943 p.631, 1944 p.609, 1945 p.622, 1946 pp.642-643, 1947 p.614, 1957 p.673, 1962 p.647, 1963 pp.574-575, 1964 p.571 [G]
Reunion p.137, in : Year Book and Guide to East Africa 1963 [G]
Article Dependent States : Reunion, from : Britannica Book of the Year 1974 p.249, 1976 pp.249-250, 1977 p.250, 1978 p.303, 1979 p.304, 1980 p.302, 1981 p.302, 1982 p.296, 1983 p.296, 1984 p.292 (on events in 1983) [G]
Article Reunion, from : Britannica Book of the Year 1985 p.765, 1988 p.684, 1990 p.700, 1993 p.698, 1994 p.697, 1995 p.697 [G]
Article : France : Overseas Departements : Reunion, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1975-1976 pp.937-938, 1978-1979 pp.480-482, 1980-1981 pp.482-483, 1983-1984 pp.493-495, 1984-1985 pp.492-493, 1985-1986 pp.493-495, 1987-1988 pp.500-502, 1988-1989 pp.502-504, 1989-1990 pp.506-508, 1990-1991 pp.505-507, 1991-1992 pp.505-507, 1992-1993 pp.576-578, 1993-1994 pp.583-585, 1994-1995 pp.574-576, 1995-1996 pp.572-574, 1996-1997 pp.511-513, 1997-1998 pp.519-521, 1998-1999 pp.565-567, 2000 pp.651-653, 2001 pp.629-631, 2002 pp.655-658, 2003 pp.658-660, 2004 pp.657-660, 2005 pp.659-661 [G]
Article : Reunion, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.87-88, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.87-88, 4th ed. 1984 pp.87-88 [G]