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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Seychelles

Archipelago in the Indian Ocean (more than 100 islands, but with nearly all the population living on Mahé), which has been a member of the *Commonwealth and a republic since 1976. Mahé was captured by the British from the French in 1794 and was ceded by the treaty of *Paris in 1814. Seychelles became a crown colony in 1903 and achieved independence in 1976.
 








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