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Mauritius Reunion
First posted on July 2nd 2002, last revised on November 5th 2010







In 1756 France / the French East India Compagny took possession of the Seychelles; in 1811 Britain. In 1903 the Seychelles were turned into a separate crown colony; until then, under the French as well as under the British, it had been a dependency of Mauritius. In 1976 the Seychelles were released into independence.

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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia
Library of Congress, Country Studies : Seychelles
Article : Seychelles, from Wikipedia
Country Profile : Seychelles, from ISS
Chapter V : Rodrigue, Seychelles etc., pp.397-404 in R.M. Martin, The British Colonial Library: Southern Africa, 1844, GB
Links General from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL
Category : Seychelles, from Wikipedia
on History Category : History of Seychelles, from Wikipedia
Organizations
Timelines from timelines.ws; from BBC News
Accounts of History from Wikipedia
Politics Politics of the Seychelles, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Somalia
Governments on the WWW : Somalia
Entry Seychelles, from EISA Web Encyclopedia (on elections)
Military Wars of the Seychelles, 1800-1999, from ACED
Orders, Decorations and Medals from Seychelles, posted by Jean Paul le Blanc
Economy & Finances Entry Seychelles, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor, Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Seychelles
Article Economy of Seychelles, from Wikipedia
Category : Economy of Seychelles, from Wikipedia
Ethnography Languages of the Seychelles (3), from Ethnologue
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Seychelles
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Seychelles, from Kirken i Norge
Category : Religion in Somalia, from Wikipedia
History of Regions Districts of Seychelles, from www.statoids.com
Local History List of Cities in Seychelles, from Wikipedia
Article : Victoria, from Wikipedia
Institutions Seychelles, from Airline History
Structurae : Seychelles, search Lighthouse Explorer for Seychelles
Biographies List of Seychellois People, from Wikipedia
African Women Bibliographic Database
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF
Disaster History by Country : Seychelles, from Relief Web
Seychelles, from Crime and Society, A Comparative Crimonology Tour of the World (R. Winslow)
Article Seychelles at the Olympics, from Wikipedia

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
Lists of Ambassadors U.S. Ambassadors to the Seychelles, from NNDB: from Political Graveyard
Chinese Ambassadors to Seychelles, from PRC MOFA
Lists of Bishops
Population Figures from Population Statistics, Univ. Utrecht
Historical Abortion Statistics : Seychelles, from Johnston's Archive
Election Results from Psephos, since 2001; from IFES Election Guide, since 1998; from African Elections Database, since 1970
Documents Historical Newspapers History of the Seychelles, from World History Archives
Modern Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Seychelles, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Image Databanks Systematic Collections
General
Systematic Collections
Specialist
Accidental Collections
Universal Collections
Items on the Seychelles
Wikimedia Commons
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Airline Timetable Images : Seychelles
Historical Maps responsible institutions Ministry of Land Use and Habitat, Centre for GIS, National Mapping Agencies in Africa
collections Seychelles Maps, PCL, UTexas
Atlas of Seychelles, Wikimedia Commons
David Rumsey Map Collection, Seychelles
Seychelles, Modern
Seychelles, Contemporary Plan des Isles de Mahe, 1750s, Gallica
R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique à l'échelle de 1:2 000 000, 42bis Mahe, 1888, Gallica
Seychelles 1910, Pennymead (commercial site)
Detail, Modern
Detail, Contemporary Plan of the harbour of Seychelles / from an actual survey made in 1771 , Gallica
Plan of the harbour of Praslin 1771, Gallica
Plan of Eagle island ; Plan of Bird island / from an actual survey made in august 1771, Gallica
Plans des îles de l'Assomption, de Cosmolido, du bois & de fable 1782, Gallica
Mahe 1910, Pennymead (commercial site)
Archival Deposits
Constitutions, Laws List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Seychelles, from ILO, 27 docs. since 1977
Treaties
Consular Reports
Document Collections Memorandum of Depots of Slaves in the Seychelles, 1821, in vol.16 of Report of the Committee of the African Institution, 1822, GB
Historical Maps
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
Secular Articles Seychelles, Aldabra, from EB 1911
Article Seschellen, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious Article Port Victoria, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907
Economic
Geographical Dependencies of Mauritius : Seychelles, pp.518-519 in R.M. Martin, Statistics of the colonies of the British empire, 1839, GB
Historical
Parliamentary Debates Hansard (British Parliament)
Tour Guides, Travelogues The Seychelles Islands, pp.96-102 in W.F.W. Owen, Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar, 1833, GB
Residence Memoirs E.P. Wright, Six months at the Seychelles, 1868, GB
Institutions Archives, Musea, Libraries
Official Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthem, from David's National Anthem Reference Page
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of the Seychelles, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Coin Catalog of Seychelles, from Numismaticon; Seychelles coins from World Coin Gallery; Seychelles, from Encyclopedia of Small Silver Coins
Stamps Rare Seychelles Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Catalogue Seychelles Stamps 1890-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Search ISBN Database
RHS Bibliography
UK National Archive Online Library
on the Seychelles survey of bibliographies
bibliographic database AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa
African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography
general bibliographies The Online Books Page
Seychelles Bibliography, from NNDB
annual bibliographies
specialist bibliographies
serial publications
general bibliographies
Seychelles entries
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica
Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language)
Seychellen-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
booksellers
Online Libraries general Google Books; Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online; HathiTrust; Gallica
International Boundary Studies
on the Seychelles Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL), African Digital Library (ADL)
Online Journals On the Indian Ocean
General Accounts
Specific Topics
Historical Dictionaries
Yearbook Entries Britannica Book of the Year Article : Seychelles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 p. 647 [G]
Article : British East Africa, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1944 p.127, 1945 pp.124-125, 1946 pp.146-147, 1947 pp.149-150, 1948 pp.139-140, 1949 pp.118-120, 1950 pp.127-128, 1951 pp.124-125, 1952 pp.122-123, 1953 pp.123-124, 1954 pp.121-124, 1955 pp.181-183, 1956 pp.120-122, 1957 pp.180-182 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1958 p.620, 1959 p.614, 1960 p.616, 1961 p.621, 1962 p.613 [G]
Article : Colonies and Other Dependencies : Seychelles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1966 p.204, 1967 p.219, 1968 p.217 [G]
Article : Dependent States : Seychelles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1970 p.278, 1971 p.268, 1978 p.627, 1979 p.618, 1984 pp.613-614, 1985 pp.473, 775, 1988 pp.396, 694, 1990 pp.413, 710, 1993 pp.368-369, 710, 1994 pp.367, 709, 1995 pp.467, 709 [G]
Statesman's Yearbook Article Mauritius - Seychelles, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 p.184 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : Statesman's Year Book 1905 pp.243-244, 1910 pp.185-186, 1919 pp.196-197, 1924 pp.205-206, 1925 pp.209-210, 1926 pp.213-214, 1928 pp.211-212, 1929 pp.211-213, 1932 pp.215-216, 1937 pp.234-236, 1943 pp.226-228 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.154-155, 1975-1976 pp.466-468 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1978-1979 pp.1043-1045, 1980-1981 pp.1047-1049, 1983-1984 pp.1049-1051, 1984-1985 pp.1046-1048 1985-1986 pp.1047-1049, 1987-1988 pp.1052-1054, 1988-1989 pp.1056-1058, 1989-1990 pp.1067-1069, 1990-1991 pp.1068-1070, 1991-1992 pp.1069-1071, 1992-1993 pp.1157-1159, 1993-1994 pp.1155-1157, 1994-1995 pp.1157-1160, 1995-1996 pp.1149-1152, 1996-1997 pp.1125-1128, 1997-1998 pp.1127-1130, 1998-1999 pp.1230-1233, 2000 pp.1377-1380, 2001 pp.1340-1344, 2002 pp.1395-1399, 2003 pp.1394-1398, 2004 pp.1414-1419, 2005 pp.1425-1429 [G]
Other Article : Africa, in : The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events 1863 pp.1-2 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : Americana Annual 1940 pp.706-707, 1943 p.656, 1944 p.633, 1945 p.646, 1946 pp.668-669, 1947 p.635, 1957 p.692, 1961 p.663, 1962 p.669, 1963 p.594, 1964 p.589 [G]
Seychelles pp.140-146, in : Year Book and Guide to East Africa 1963 [G]
Article : Seychelles, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.92-93, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.92-93, 4th ed. 1984 p.92 [G]
Entry : Seychelles, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.319-323 [G]