See also:

• TAMATAVE (called by the natives Tbamdsina)

TAMATAVE (called by the natives Tbamdsina)  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seaport of See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar, situated nearly on the centre of the eastern See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast in 18° ro' S., 490 32' E . It owes its importance to the existence of a See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• REEF (1)

reef, which forms a spacious and fairly commodious See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, entered by two openings . The See also:

• TOWN

town is built on a sandy See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula which projects at right angles from the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general coast-See also:

• LINE

line . On this are crowded together a considerable number of houses, with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good shops and merchants' offices in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main thoroughfares . See also:

• TAMATAVE (called by the natives Tbamdsina)

Tamatave is the seat of several See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign consuls, as well as of numerous See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French officials, and is the chief See also:

• PORT

port for the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and the interior . Imports consist principally of piece-goods, farinaceous foods, and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel goods, and exports of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold dust, raffia, hides, caoutchouc and live animals . Communication with See also:

• EUROPE

Europe is maintained by steamers of the Messageries Maritimes and the Havraise companies, and also with See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius, and from thence to See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, by the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union-See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle line . Of the whole foreign See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of Madagascar, 46 per cent. is through Tamatave . Owing to the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

• SOIL

soil and the formerly crowded native See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, the town has often been attacked by epidemics: the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in 1898, and again in 1900; but since the draining of the neighbouring marshes, there has been improvement . Since 1895 the native population has been removed from the town and settled in a new See also:

• VILLAGE

village to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . A See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph, 18o See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in length, connects Tamatave with the capital . There is also a service, partly by railway and partly by steamer, along the coast lagoons, connecting the port with See also:

• ANTANANARIVO

Antananarivo .

Pop. about 4600 .