The evidence is found in two early maps, one made by the Portuguese cartographer Pedro Reinel in about 1522, the very first map to show the Falklands, the other a French copy of a Portuguese map bought in Lisbon by André Thévet ( 1516-1590 ), a Franciscan friar and prolific writer on many subjects ; this copy is now in the manuscript of a large unpublished work by Thevet in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.

In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning " excellent fruit ", as recorded by André Thevet in 1555, and comosus, " tufted ", refers to the stem of the fruit.

André Thevet illustrated in his iconographic compendium, Les vraies Pourtrats et vies des Hommes Illustres ( Paris, 1584 ), an alleged portrait plagiarized from the bust, supporting his fraud with the invented tale that he had obtained it from the library of a Greek in Cyprus and that he had seen a confirming bust in the ruins of Antioch.

Postel as depicted in Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens ( 1584 ) by André Thevet

It was officially registered by the Frenchman André Thevet in December 1555, and acknowledged by King Henri II as a French discovery in 1556.

The usages and habits of the Tupinambás were abundantly described in the Cosmographie universelle ( 1572 ) of André Thevet, and in Histoire d ' un voyage faict en la terre du Brésil ( 1578 ), by Jean de Léry.

* André Thevet, Les singularités de la France antartique, 1558, new ed.

As depicted in Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens ( 1584 ) by André Thevet.

A reunion organised by André Frankovits at the Royal George / Slip Inn in 2000 attracted over 100.

* His Royal Highness Frederik André Henrik Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born on 26 May 1968.

He served in the Royal Artillery from March 1940 to June 1942 but quickly returned to acting after discharge, appearing with Noël Coward in This Happy Breed and Present Laughter and later as Charles Condomine in Blithe Spirit, which he later named in Who's Who in the Theatre as one of his two favourite parts along with the title role in André Obey's Noah.

* André Malraux-The Royal Way ( La Voie Royale )

The album's first promotional single, " Royal Flush ", was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and André 3000.

** André Previn ( conductor ), Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart

** André Previn ( conductor ), Kathleen Battle & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart

He delivered several pieces of animal flesh and duly notified other prominent physicians, which brought the case to the attention of Nathaniel St. André, surgeon to the Royal Household of King George I. St. André concluded that Toft's case was genuine but the king also sent surgeon Cyriacus Ahlers, who remained sceptical.

* 1949 André Cournand, William S. Tillett, L. Royal Christensen

He was appointed by Prime Minister Lester Pearson co-chairman, ( with André Laurendeau ), of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in 1963, which has profoundly influenced federal government language policies.

* Lucia di Lammermoor — Joan Sutherland ( Lucia ), André Turp ( Edgardo ), John Shaw ( Enrico ), Joseph Rouleau ( Raimondo ), Kenneth MacDonald ( Arturo ), Margreta Elkins ( Alisa ), Edgar Evans ( Normanno ), Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard, recorded 1961 – Celestial Audio CA 345

Prior to this, Ax and Smash also memorably squared off against each other as entrants # 1 and # 2 in the Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 1989 before being joined in the ring by the third entrant, André the Giant.

The Rooster's last pay-per-view appearance was as a participant in the 1990 Royal Rumble match ( replacing The Widow Maker ), where he lasted only two minutes before being eliminated by André the Giant.

* Jean-Philippe Collard and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn.

* André Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1985, Telarc ( complete )

The earliest recorded use of this term in English is in Thomas Hacket's 1568 translation of André Thévet's book on France Antarctique ; Thévet himself had referred to the natives as Ameriques.

André Lorin visited the English court in the late 17th century and after returning to France he presented a manuscript of dances in the English manner to Louis XIV.

* Leslie Caron, Vengeance, published by Doubleday ( US ), Weidenfeld & Nicolson ( UK ), André Balland ( France ), 1982, ISBN 0-385-17896-4

The Maginot Line (, ), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defenses, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in light of its experience in World War I, and in the run-up to World War II.

* March 29 – Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer ( music by André Popp, text by Pierre Cour ) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France.

** André Masséna, Napoleonic general and Marshal of France ( d. 1817 )

Alain Prost was born near the town of Saint-Chamond, close to the city of Saint-Etienne in the département of Loire, France, to André Prost and Marie-Rose Karatchian, born in France of Armenian descent.

The texts and literary sources for his work began with a period of interest in Russian folklore, which progressed to classical authors and the Latin liturgy and moved on to contemporary France ( André Gide, in Persephone ) and eventually English literature, including Auden, T. S. Eliot and medieval English verse.

In 1566 and 1570, Francisque and André d ' Albaigne presented Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, with projects for establishing relations with the Austral lands.

* Jean-Louis André, Jean-François Mallet, Jean daniel Sudres, Cuisines des pays de France, Éditions du Chêne, Hachette Livre, Paris 2001

André Citroën built armaments for France during World War I ; after the war, however, he had a factory without a product.

After performing in several stage productions, she was propelled into the world of auteurs Jean-Luc Godard ( Hail Mary, 1985 ), Jacques Doillon ( Family Life, 1985 ) and André Téchiné, who made her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985 drama Rendez-vous.

On 5 May 1778, Dr. Lassonne, Marie Antoinette's private physician, confirmed her pregnancy .< ref > Castelot, André, Madame Royale, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1962, p. 15, ISBN, ( French ).</ ref > On 19 December 1778, the Queen gave birth to a daughter, who was named Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, and given the honorific title Madame Royale.

These threads were pulled together in June 1978 by three friends Jean-Claude Bétemps, André Bohn and Gérard Bosson from Mieussy Haute-Savoie, France.

The word comes from the name of a sturdy fabric called serge, originally made in Nîmes, France, by the André family.

An example is the extensive work by André Le Nôtre at Vaux-le-Vicomte and for King Louis XIV of France at the Palace of Versailles.

The same year, André Philip became commissaire national à l ' Intérieur of the Free French ( France libre ), and Félix Gouin joined Charles de Gaulle in London to represent the socialists.

In 1743, the translation was entrusted by the Parisian book publisher André Le Breton to John Mills, an English resident in France.

Alstom head office, 3 avenue André Malraux, Levallois-Perret, France.

In 1936, along with André Jolivet, Daniel-Lesur and Yves Baudrier, Messiaen formed the group La jeune France (" Young France ").

He lived in France with Jennifer Baker at a farm in Saint-Paul de Vence for over five years from the very late 1970s, becoming friend of painters Marc Chagall and André Verdet, nearest neighbours ( inspiring some of his songs and musical themes ).