Amirante Islands. a group of eleven low, wooded islands lying SW. of the Seychelles, opposite the eastern coast of Africa. Their total area is about 32 sq. m., and the pop. about 100 French-speaking half-breeds. They fell to Great Britain in 1814, and form a dependency of Mauritius.
Amirante Islands.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 230
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