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Habitation des Pamplemousses, Jardin de Mr. Cere, Ile de France (Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, Mauritius) - Milbert - 1839
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Habitation des Pamplemousses, Jardin de Mr. Cere, Ile de France (Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, Mauritius)

ArtistMilbert
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Lejeune
Date1839
TechniqueCopper engraving
CategoryUncategorized
SourceL'Univers Pittoresque, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

The Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, located in Pamplemousses near Port Louis, Mauritius, is a popular tourist attraction and the oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere. Famous for its long pond containing giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica), the garden was originally built in 1770 by Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) and covers an area of ​​approximately 37 hectares.