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Madagascar was discovered by the Portuguese, Diego Diaz, in 1500. On the return of Diaz to Portugal the King concluded that the island must be Madagascar, about which he had read in Marco Polo’s ‘Voyages’. Polo, however, had not been there, but believing his Arab informants, ascribed to an island what was really the kingdom of Mogadisho, on the east coast of Africa. Mispronouncing and mis-spelling the name, he coined the word Madagascar.
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statistical information. The Service de Statistique Générale in Tananarive published the Bulletin mensuel de Madagascar (from 1971); continuation of the trimestrial Bulletin de statistique générale (1949–71), the Revue de Madagascar, the Madagascar à travers ses provinces (latest issue, 1953), the Annuaire Statistique de Madagascar (vol. 1, 1938–51, published 1953, the Situation Economique au Janvier 1968, Population de Madagascar au 1er Jan. 1971, and the Statis’ tiques du Commerce Extérieur de Madagascar).
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Deschamps, H., Histoire de Madagascar. Paris, 1960
Heseltine, N., Madagascar. London and New York, 1971
Saron, G., Madagascar et les Comores. Paris, 1953
Thompson, V., and Adloff, R., The Malagasy Republic. Stanford Univ. Press, 1965
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Paxton, J. (1974). Madagascar. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271036_113
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