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Pieter Both folklore

Parchment-style Mauritian folktale illustration of Pieter Both’s stone head atop mountain, goat gazing upward

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On the tropical island of Mauritius, where azure waters kiss golden beaches and lush green mountains rise like emerald crowns toward the endless sky, there stands a magnificent peak that dominates the southwestern coastline. This towering sentinel, known today as Pieter Both Mountain, bears upon its summit a peculiar rock formation that resembles a human head gazing eternally across the

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