L'île d'Anjouan figure de la balkanisation de l'archipel des Comores by François Taglioni

“…It is embodied with the political affiliation of the fourth island of the Comoros archipelago, Mayotte, in the French Republic and with the separatist attempts of Anjouan and Moheli. …”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…In western South America, the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, the Galápagos Archipelago, and northern Peru form the Tropical Eastern Pacific biome. …”
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Book Review by Muhammed Haron

“…During the decades of the 20th century, most scholars who studied these early ‘Cape’ figures that hailed from the Melayu archipelago, wrote short exploratory essays. Examples are Prof Adrianus van Selms’ bibliographical entry of Shaykh Yusuf Al-Makassari’s (1626-1699) and Prof Gerrie Lubbe’s journal article on Imam Abdullah ibn Qadi ‘Abdus Salam (aka Tuan Guru [1712-1807]). …”
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Estimer les houles cycloniques à partir d’observations météorologiques limitées : exemple de la submersion d’Anaa en 1906 aux Tuamotu (Polynésie française) by Remy Canavesio

“…Hurricane swell submersion is the main natural hazard in the atolls of the Tuamotu archipelago. The analyze of recent hurricanes by high-resolution coupled models has improved the understanding of this hazard. …”
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L’archipel des Antilles, terres d’Amérique ? : la nouvelle "New Frontier" et ses implications by Lionel Davidas

“…But is the West Indian archipelago a mere outpost of continental America or a distinct entity that circumscribes what Édouard Glissant has named "The hurricane basin"? …”
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Une visite de Natal dans le sillage des avions français by François Weigel

“…This article records the French company's presence in the region of Rio Grande do Norte and the Fernando de Noronha archipelago (in Pernambuco), assessing the historical impact of this commercial adventure on this territory and delimiting its marks and traces in the present day.…”
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Penjelajahan Orang Prancis dan Penelitian Sejarah Alam di Nusantara Pada Masa Kolonial by Gani Ahmad Jaelani

“…This article analyzes how the French naturalists made their research on natural history in the Archipelago. It examines as well the objects that interested them. …”
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A ascensão dos pobres a posições de elite político-administrativa no contexto do Cabo Verde pós-independente by Crisanto Barros

“…The administration of the modern Cape Verdean State, which results from profound changes instituted during the second half of the nineteenth century, is made largely by natives of the archipelago, whose recruitment was done predominantly within the most favored families. …”
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L’espace marin entre un pluralisme juridique et la sauvegarde du patrimoine à Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata (îles Marquises) by Giacomo Nerici

“…In this contribution, the marine space in the Marquesas Islands (Henua ‘Enana / Fenua ‘Enata) is addressed by reflecting on the recent processes of heritage-making and “sustainable development” projects promoted in recent years by the political authorities and cultural elites of the archipelago. In short, an attempt will be made to highlight how the centrality of the sea is linked to a concern for island spaces and species and a need to preserve human activities and the cultural elements associated with them. …”
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Les Comores, le Visa Balladur et l’hécatombe au large de Mayotte : une analyse transdisciplinaire de la question complexe des migrations comoriennes by Tiziano Peccia, Rachele Meda

“…The analysis of this migratory flow makes it possible studying in a transdisciplinary way several issues related to the current situation of the country, but also the role played by the Comoros archipelago in geostrategical and international dynamics. …”
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Les grandes pointes foliacées du type « Ponsonby » : un traceur culturel en Patagonie australe by Dominique Legoupil, Nicole Pigeot

“…and to track the evolution of a social group representative of the maritime nomads in the archipelagoes of Patagonia during the 5th millennium BP.…”
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Porosité des frontières spatiales, ambiguïté des frontières identitaires : le cas des cités-États swahili de l’archipel de Lamu (vers 1600-1800) by Thomas Vernet

“…Based on the case of the Lamu Archipelago ca.1600-1800, this paper aims to enlighten the links between social hierarchy and spatial hierarchy. …”
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Slaves and Captives Between Castile, Granada, and the Canary Islands: Frontier and Judicial Dynamics in the 15th and 16th Centuries by Mirko Suzarte Škarica

“… By analyzing the encounters at the borders between the Kingdom of Castile and Granada, and those on the Canary Islands, this paper delves into the dynamics of slavery and captivity practiced by Christians, Muslims, and the Indigenous inhabitants of the Canarias archipelago between the 15th and 16th centuries. Legal and judicial documents from this period show how common human trafficking was in the peripheries of the Spanish dominions even before the overseas expansion. …”
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The Location of Hotels and Their Exposure to Hurricanes in Cuba—Implication for Tourism Development in the Context of Climate Change by Ricardo Remond-Noa, Antonio Torres-Reyes, Felipe Matos-Pupo, Maite Echarri-Chávez, Antonio Bouta-Numbo, Lisbet Crespo-García, María Belén Gómez-Martín

“…The results indicate that although the whole Cuban archipelago is exposed to hurricanes, the tourist regions in Cuba’s western provinces have a greater chance of being affected than those located in the center, east, and south. …”
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Ilhas Comores, Visa Balladur e a tragédia a caminho de Mayotte: uma análise interdisciplinar da complexa questão da migração nas Comores by Tiziano Peccia, Rachele Meda

“…The analysis of this migratory flow makes it possible studying in a transdisciplinary way several issues related to the current situation of the country, but also the role played by the Comoros archipelago in geostrategical and international dynamics. …”
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The New Turn to Mecca by Michael Laffan

“…I will close by suggesting that, in the long run, it was this shift that would make possible the later arrival of “Islamic modernism” in the ports of the archipelago, against which the Islam documented by Snouck Hurgronje would ultimately be juxtaposed as a rural, anti-modern, and “traditional” survival of past ages.…”
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Shigemori Mirei : un regard créatif sur l’art des jardins by Murielle Hladik

“…Shigemori supervised an extensive survey throughout the whole Japanese archipelago at a time during which some of these gardens were falling into disrepair, or even disappear, whereas they are now considered as "National Treasures". …”
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Quelques traits généraux de la diversité sylvatique des Petites Antilles by Philippe Joseph

“…Of uneven spatial distribution on the scale of the archipelago, these differ as long from the structural and architectural point of view that biocenotique. …”
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The Question of Metropolitan Form: Introduction by David Prosperi, Anne Vernez Moudon, François Claessens

“…Soja’s six metaphors (post-Fordist industrial, cosmopolis, expolis, fractal city, carceral archipelago, simcities) are being indicative of the wide range of possible images.[2] The eight papers in this issue of Footprint take an opposite approach. …”
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Distribution of Cetaceans in the Canary Islands (Northeast Atlantic Ocean): Implications for the Natura 2000 Network and Future Conservation Measures by Inma Herrera, Inma Herrera, Manuel Carrillo, Marcial Cosme de Esteban, Ricardo Haroun

“…This study shows that the spatial distribution of cetaceans in the Canary archipelago generated from a large database of cetacean sightings, from 2007 to 2018. …”
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