Nicolas Pike: Consul, naturalist and admirer of Mauritius
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This article was published in Weekly No. 318 of 4 October 2018. As 2018 marks the birth bicentenary of Nicolas Pike, the first US Consul to Mauritius who was also an avid naturalist and describer of 19th century Mauritius, Weekly takes you rounNicolas Pike: Consul, naturalist and admirer of Mauritius
This article was published in Weekly No. 318 of 4 October 2018. As 2018 marks the birth bicentenary of Nicolas Pike, the first US Consul to Mauritius who was also an avid naturalist and describer of 19th century Mauritius, Weekly takes you round the exhibition dedicated to him currently on show at the Blue Penny Museum until Saturday 27 October. Born on 26 January 1818 at Newburyport, Massachusetts, Nicolas Pike led a varied life. Educated at the Latin High School there, he planned to join the army but was discouraged and in 1839 moved to New York. In 1848, Pike was... Read more