Knowledge about trees, flora, medicinal plants:
You can see almost all the following botanical species in the Pamplemousses Garden
猢猻樹屬（學名：Adansonia）是錦葵目木棉科的植物，又稱猴麵包樹屬
貝殼杉屬（拉丁語：Agathis; 毛利語:Kauri）是南洋杉科下的一個屬，主要物種有貝殼杉等。
波羅蜜（學名：Artocarpus heterophyllus），jackfruit 一般被稱為大樹菠蘿
紅千層屬（學名：Callistemon）bottle brush 是桃金娘科下的一個屬，為喬木或灌木植物。
依蘭（學名：Cananga odorata）是番荔枝科依蘭屬的植物
長山核桃（學名：Carya illinoinensis），Pecan 屬胡桃科的一種植物。又名「美國山核桃」、「薄殼山核桃」、「碧根果」等。
樟腦 camphor
桂皮又稱肉桂、月桂、官桂或香桂，為樟科植物天竺桂、陰香、細葉香桂、肉桂或川桂等樹皮的通稱。 cinnamon
薑屬（學名：Zingiber）是薑科下的一個屬
蔥屬(Allium)舊屬百合科(Liliaceae)，
蘆薈（學名：Aloe vera）
雲呢拿草
柑橘屬
桂木属
葡萄柚（學名：Citrus × paradisi）grapefruit
柚木（學名 Verbenaceae Tectona grandis L.f）Teak 又名胭脂樹，是一種闊葉喬木，屬於唇形科（或是馬鞭草科）柚木屬的植物。
黒檀, 黒木 Ebony
榕亞屬（學名 Urostigma），是桑科榕屬植物下一種亞屬，由於多為常綠喬木及細節分冶不易被人分辦，因此也統稱榕樹。細葉榕 Benian, Banyan
林柿 kaki
桉樹（Eucalyptus）又名尤加利樹
管蜂香草（学名：Monarda didyma），又名大紅香蜂草、大紅蜂香草（crimson beebalm），唇形科多年生草本植物，原產於北美。
薄荷（學名：Mentha）mint
銀杏（學名：Ginkgo biloba），又名白果、公孫樹等，屬裸子植物，
多香果, 具有丁香、胡椒、肉桂、肉荳蔻等多種香料的味道, Allspice
肉豆蔻 nutmeg
丁香 Clove
紅椰子（學名：Cyrtostachys lakka）為棕櫚科猩猩椰子屬下的一個種。
Knowledge about constellations seen in the southern hemisphere sky:
天鵝座 Cygnus
天琴座 Lyra
天鹰座 Aquila
半人馬座 Centaurus
南十字座 Crux
天津四（Deneb）即天鵝座α星（α Cygni），是天鵝座最明亮的一顆恆星，亮度在全天空排名第十九位。天津四是一顆藍白色的超巨星，它的視星等為1.25等，也是已知最明亮的恆星之一。天津四與位於天鷹座的河鼓二（牛郎星），及天琴座的織女星，組成著名的「夏季大三角」。
織女一 (Vega)又稱天琴座α（α Lyrae）是天琴座中最明亮的恆星，在夜空中排名第五，是北半球第二明亮的恆星，僅次於大角星。它與大角星及天狼星一樣，是非常靠近地球的恆星，距離地球只有25.3光年；它也是太陽附近最明亮的恆星之一。在中國古代的「牛郎織女」神話中，織女為天帝孫女，故亦稱天孫。織女星大約在西元前12,000年曾是北半球的極星，並且在13,727年會再度成為北極星
河鼓二 (Altair)，即著名的“牛郎星”，“天鹰座α”，又叫“牵牛星”或“大将军”。
排名全天第十二的明亮恒星，白色。在星空观测中，是夏季大三角中的一角。它和天鹰座β、γ星的连线正指向织女星。 西方称呼此星为Altair，是阿拉伯语的“飞翔的大鹫”的缩写。
南門二 (Rigil Kentaurus)（α Cen / 半人马座α）位於天空南方的半人馬座，雖然肉眼分辨不出來，不過南門二實際上是一個三合星系統，其中一顆恆星是全天空第4明亮的恆星。
馬腹一 (Hadar/Agena)與南門二這兩顆星的連線指示出南半球著名的南十字座，穿過馬腹一幾度就能找到南十字頂端的十字架一（南十字γ），而從十字架一畫一條穿過十字架二（南十字α）的直線就能有效的確認南方。
Knowledge about volcanoes and coral reef
Knowledge about water activities
Knowledge about slavery
Chronology of the Abolition of Slavery
1791 August: Slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue (Haiti).
1793: Abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue (Haiti).
1794 - 4 February: Decree of the Convention abolishing slavery on 16 Pluviose Year II.
1802 - 20 May: Law of 30 Floreal Year X, re-establishing slavery in the French colonies according to the previous legislation of 1789.
1803: Prohibition of the slave trade by Denmark.
1807: Prohibition of the slave trade by Great Britain and the importation of captives and slaves by the United States.
1814: Prohibition of the slave trade by the Netherlands.
1815 - February: The European powers commit themselves to prohibit the slave trade at the Vienna Congress (Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Portugal).
1815:- 29 March: During the Hundred Days, Napoleon I decree prohibiting the slave trade.
1818 - 15 April: The first French law prohibiting the slave trade.
1821: Creation, in Paris, of the Society of Christian Morals
1822: Creation of the Committee for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery.
1822: Abolition of slavery in Santo Domingo.
1823: Abolition of slavery in Chile.
1826: Abolition of slavery in Bolivia.
1827 - 25 April: The second French law prohibiting the slave trade.
1829: Abolition of slavery in Mexico.
1831- 22 February: The third French law prohibiting the slave trade.
1833 - 1838: Abolition of slavery in the British Colonies of the West Indies, British Guyana and Mauritius.
1834: Creation of the French Society for the Abolition of Slavery in Paris.
1839: Creation of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in London which published the Anti Slavery Reporter. At present, it continues its activities under the name of Anti-Slavery International and publishes The Reporter.
1846 -1848: Abolition of slavery in the Danish Virgin Islands.
1846: Abolition of slavery in Tunisia.
1847: Abolition of slavery in the Swedish colony of Saint-Barthelemy.
1848: Abolition of slavery in the French Colonies.
1851: Abolition of slavery in Colombia.
1852 - February: The first French decrees for the recruitment of free workers on contract in Africa, then in India, for the Caribbean colonies. 1853: Abolition of slavery in Argentina.
1854: Abolition of slavery in Venezuela.
1855: Abolition of slavery in Peru.
1863: Abolition of slavery in the Caribbean colonies of the Netherlands and in Insulinde.
1863 - 1865: Abolition of slavery in the United States.
1866: Spanish decree prohibiting the slave trade.
1873: Abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.
1876: Abolition of slavery in Turkey.
1885: Measures for the repression of slavery in Africa taken at the Berlin Conference.
1880 - 1886: Gradual abolition of slavery in Cuba. 1888: Abolition of slavery in Brazil.
1890: Brussels Conference on Slavery in Africa. 1896: Abolition of slavery in Madagascar.
1924 - June: Creation by the League of Nations of a Temporary Commission on Slavery.
1926 - 26 September: Adoption by the League of Nations of the Slavery Convention.
1930: Convention concerning forced labour of the International Labour Organization
1948: Adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1949 - December: Adoption by the United Nations of the Convention for the repression of the trade in human beings and the exploitation of prostitution.
1956 - September: Adoption by the United Nations of the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery.
1957: Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour by the ILO.
1974: Creation by the Commission on Human Rights at the United Nations of a Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.
1980: Abolition of slavery in Mauritania.
1989 - November: Adoption by the United Nations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
2000 - November: Coming into force of the ILO Convention 182 on « the elimination of the worst forms of child labour ».
2000 - December: The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits slavery, forced labour, and traffic in human beings.
2001- May: Proclamation of the French law which "recognizes the Slave Trade and Slavery (15th-19th centuries) as crime against humanity".
2001- September: The World Conference of the United Nations Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban, South Africa) acknowledges that "slavery and the transatlantic slave trade are a crime against humanity".
(Source: Jacques David, Mauritius The Slave Legacy, Pygmalion Publication Ltd. 2010, pp.525-527)
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