Seychelles, a group of some 30 islands, largest Mahé (59 sq. m.), situated in the Indian Ocean, 600 m. NE. of Madagascar; taken from the French by Britain in 1798, and now under the governor of Mauritius; are mountainous and mostly surrounded by coral reefs; export fibres, nuts, palm-oil, &c.; Victoria, in Mahé, is the chief town, and an imperial coaling station.
Population (circa 1900) given as 16,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sextant * Sforza