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Chapters: Frégate Island, North Island, Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles, Praslin, La Digue, Silhouette Island, Cerf Island, Ste Anne Marine National Park, Cousine Island, Moyenne Island, Outer Islands, Vallée de Mai, Bird Island, Seychelles, Île Platte, Aride Island, St. François Atoll, Farquhar Group, Takamaka, Seychelles, Farquhar Atoll, Denis Island, Bird Island Airport, Assumption Island, Providence Atoll, Felicite Island, Aldabra Group, Morne Seychellois, Anse Boileau, Beau Vallon, Thérèse Island, Pointe La Rue, Alphonse Atoll, Coëtivy Island, Alphonse Group, Anse Lazio, Les Mamelles, Roche Caiman, Ste. Anne Island, Conception Island, Seychelles, Victoria Botanical Gardens, Port Glaud, Southern Coral Group, Mont Fleuri, Grand'anse Praslin, Wizard Reef, Bel Ombre, Seychelles, Anse-Aux-Pins, La Rivière Anglaise, Grand'anse Mahé, Anse Royale, Saint Louis, Seychelles, Bel Air, Seychelles, Plaisance, Seychelles, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Mont Buxton, Anse Etoile, Glacis, Seychelles, Cascade, Seychelles, Au Cap, Thorpe Bank, Port of Victoria. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 154. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Frégate Island or sometimes Frigate Island is the easternmost (55 km (34 mi) east of Mahé) of the granitic Inner Islands of the Seychelles. It is only 2.19 km² and is primarily known as a secluded, private luxury resort and its Anse Victorin beach was voted "The World's Best Beach" by The Times. It was named by explorer Lazare Picault after the abundance of frigatebirds on the island. The hotel underwent modernizing in 1995 on the island and the island is also noted for its snorkeling. The island is covered with takamaka, cashew and Indian almond trees and is home to the rare Seychelles Magpie Robin as well as several relocated Aldabra Giant Tortoise...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6849995 ... Read more

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Chapters: Vallée de Mai, Thorpe Bank. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of Kenya. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 457 km², but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km². About 90 percent of the population of 82,500 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra. There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only oceanic islands of granitic rock and the coralline outer islands. The granite islands are the worlds oldest ocean islands, while the outer islands are mainly very young, though the Aldabra group and St Pierre (Farquhar Group) are unusual, raised coral islands that have emerged and submerged several times during their long history, the most recent submergence dating from about 125,000 years ago. The Inner Islands is the collective term for 42 islands with a total area of 243.7 km², 54% of the Seychelles area but with more than 98% of the population. The Granitic Group consists of 40 granite islands, all within a 56 km (35 mi) radius of the main island of Mahé. These islands are rocky, and most have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills rising as high as 914 metres (2,999 ft). The most important islands of this group are: Two coralline islands, at 90 km to the north, make up the remainder of the Inner Islands: Millions of years ago, the archipelago was created by a combinat...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=57010 ... Read more

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The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of Kenya. Seychelles lies between approximately 4ºS and 10ºS and 46ºE and 54ºE. The nation is an archipelago of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral. the majority of which are small and uninhabited. The landmass is only 457 km², but the islands are spread over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,374,000 km². About 90 percent of the population of 82,500 live on Mahé, 9 percent on Praslin and La Digue. Around a third of the land area is the island of Mahé and a further third the atoll of Aldabra. There are two distinct regions, the granitic islands, the world's only oceanic islands of granitic rock and the coralline outer islands. The granite islands are the world's oldest ocean islands, while the outer islands are mainly very young, though the Aldabra group and St Pierre (Farquhar Group) are unusual, raised coral islands that have emerged and submerged several times during their long history, the most recent submergence dating from about 125,000 years ago. ... Read more

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Seychelles. History of Seychelles, Politics of Seychelles, Districts of Seychelles, Geography of Seychelles, Economy of Seychelles, Demographics of Seychelles, Wildlife of Seychelles, Outline of Seychelles, Seychelles International Airport, Indian Ocean ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Seychelles," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Seychelles in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Seychelles when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Seychelles, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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"Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Those Islands". ... Read more

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An introduction to the geography, history, economy, government, culture, and people of the Seychelles Islands which lie in the Indian Ocean and are scattered over more than 391,000 square miles. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Victoria (sometimes called Port Victoria) is the capital city of the Seychelles (smallest African capital) and is situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, which is the main island of the archipelago. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government. As of 2009, the population is 25,000 (for Greater Victoria, which includes the suburbs), out of the population of 84,000. Victoria is served by Seychelles International Airport (completed in 1971.) The principal exports of Victoria are vanilla, coconuts, coconut oil, tortoise shell, soap, and guano. ... Read more

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The "Let's Visit" series invites the young reader to explore the six continents. Each volume takes a country and describes its history, culture, geography, economy and day-to-day life and offers a suggestion of what the future may hold. This book looks at the Seychelles. ... Read more

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This is an extraordinary book, filled with beautiful full-color illustrations of some of the world's most unusual plants. It transports readers to a band of ancient and remote islands located a thousand miles off the coast of Africa. These islands, the Seychelles, have been geologically isolated for more than seventy million years. They include the only islands in the world that are formed of granite. In their long isolation, the native flora of these thirty-two granitic islands remained untouched until the late eighteenth century. Since then, however, inroads have been made in their natural environment by human settlement, by the introduction of cinnamon and its rapid spread over many of the islands, and by present-day tourism. Slowly these fragile plants have been overrun and many are now endangered.

Most of the plants first described one hundred years ago are still found today, but many are becoming increasingly rare. Some cling to existence with only a few specimens to be found, often in remote locations. In 1985 the Oxford University Biological Expedition to the Seychelles studied the vegetation on several of the islands. Rosemary Wise, the department's artist, was asked to accompany the expedition. She became alarmed that the rapidly disappearing species might go unrecorded and made it her mission for the next ten years to paint all of the endemic flora in their natural habitat. She has written an accompanying text (with a contribution by Malcolm Coe) to describe this unique flora.

The Seychelles are home to plant species found nowhere else. Perhaps the most famous is the "double coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica), a photogenic tree that has become synonymous with the islands. The illustration of this unique palm, like all of the illustrations contained in the book, was painted from firsthand observation. The large format, superb printing, and informative descriptions of A Fragile Eden allow the reader to appreciate the author's obvious passion for these plants. The book will appeal to a wide audience, including professional botanists, ecologically-minded travelers, and anyone who enjoys tropical plants or botanical art. ... Read more