Что (кто) такое Mauritius$47301$ - определение
![[[Queen's Personal Mauritian Flag]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal Standard of Mauritius.svg?width=200 "[[Queen's Personal Mauritian Flag]]")
.jpg?width=200 "French map from 1791 depicting Mauritius (then called \"Isle de France\").")
![Deer-hunting in [[Curepipe]], circa 1900](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curepipe Cerfs.jpg?width=200 "Deer-hunting in [[Curepipe]], circa 1900")
![D. João III]] (verde)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Descobrimentos e explorações portuguesesV2.png?width=200 "D. João III]] (verde)")
![A representation of the extinct [[dodo]] bird. Dutch presence on the island largely contributed to the extinction of this endemic bird.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg?width=200 "A representation of the extinct [[dodo]] bird. Dutch presence on the island largely contributed to the extinction of this endemic bird.")
![Copper engraving from ''Het Tweede Boeck'' showing Dutch activities on the shore of Mauritius during the 1598 voyage of Admiral Jacob van Neck, as well as the first published depictions of a [[dodo]] (2) and a [[broad-billed parrot]] (5), both now extinct. [[Johann Theodor de Bry]], 1598](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Het Tweede Boeck.jpg?width=200 "Copper engraving from ''Het Tweede Boeck'' showing Dutch activities on the shore of Mauritius during the 1598 voyage of Admiral Jacob van Neck, as well as the first published depictions of a [[dodo]] (2) and a [[broad-billed parrot]] (5), both now extinct. [[Johann Theodor de Bry]], 1598")
![''Parrot hunting on Mauritius'' by [[Johann Theodor de Bry]], 1601](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parrot hunting on Mauritius.jpg?width=200 "''Parrot hunting on Mauritius'' by [[Johann Theodor de Bry]], 1601")
![Dutch map of a coast of Mauritius. [[Dutch Mauritius]] (1638–1710) was the first permanent human settlement to be established on the island.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van Keulen - De Z. O. Haven van 't Eyland Mauritius.jpg?width=200 "Dutch map of a coast of Mauritius. [[Dutch Mauritius]] (1638–1710) was the first permanent human settlement to be established on the island.")
![Replica of an [[East Indiaman]] of the [[Dutch East India Company]]/[[United East Indies Company]] (VOC)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie spiegelretourschip Amsterdam replica.jpg?width=200 "Replica of an [[East Indiaman]] of the [[Dutch East India Company]]/[[United East Indies Company]] (VOC)")
Википедия
The Mauritius Command is the fourth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1977.
Aubrey is married and the father of twin girls, owner of a cottage with a fine observatory he built. He is more than ready to be back at sea. He and Stephen Maturin join a convoy charged with taking two well-located islands in the Indian Ocean from the French. The mission provides scope for each man to advance in his specialty.
A review written at first publication found the novel to be written in "language deep with detail and the poetry of fact", appreciating the period detail. A later review, written at the reissue, finds the author a graceful writer but sees a difficulty with the novel's structure, building to climaxes that do not occur. Others writing at that time saw the novel more as part of the long series, with humour, erudition and "impeccable period detail".
