Mauritius/France: Bust of French naturalist Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 - 6 January 1786) in Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens, Pamplemousses, Mauritius. Photo by Anne97432 (CC BY-SA License). Pierre Poivre was a French horticulturalist born in Lyon; missionary to China and Cochinchina, Intendant of the islands of Mauritius and Bourbon, and wearer of the cordon of St. Michel. Poivre was an uncle to renowned French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814). In his early 20s he was a missionary in Far Eastern locations such as Cochinchina, Guangzhou and Macau.

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