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Praslin Island: 1983 261; vii, viii, ix, x (natural) In the heart of the small island of Praslin, the reserve has the vestiges of a natural palm forest preserved in almost its original state. The famous coco de mer, from a palm-tree once believed to grow in the depths of the sea, is the largest seed in the plant kingdom. [5]
The Liberty Monument was designed and sculpted by Tom Bowers and was cast in bronze at the Bronze Age Foundry in Cape Town, South Africa. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It depicts a man and a woman holding over their heads the national flag .
Mahé is the largest island of Seychelles, with an area of 157.3 square kilometres (60.7 sq mi), lying in the northeast of the Seychellois nation in the Somali Sea part of the Indian Ocean. The population of Mahé was 77,000, as of the 2010 census. [ 1 ]
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On 15 March 1503, the scrivener Thomé Lopes noted the sighting of an elevated island, doubtless one of the granitic islands and almost certainly Silhouette Island. The first recorded landing was by the men of the English East India Company ship Ascension, which arrived in Seychelles in January 1609. The islands were claimed by France in 1756.
Moyenne Island in Ste Anne Marine National Park. There are three terrestrial national parks and six marine national parks in the Seychelles. [1] The parks are administered by Seychelles National Environment Commission (SNEC), which falls under the Department of the Environment. [2]