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Jean Laborde
Jean Laborde was a French adventurer and industrialist who, shipwrecked on Madagascar in 1831, entered the service of Queen Ranavalona I. At Mantasoa he built a large industrial complex producing cannon, muskets, gunpowder, glass and soap, and in Antananarivo he built the timber palace of Manjakamiadana. He later became French consul in Madagascar.
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