STEVE BACKSHALL: This is Madagascar. It’s a vast island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. And it’s home to some of the most unique and rare creatures on the planet. Incredibly ...

Madagascar has an extraordinary diversity ... This clip will be relevant for teaching Geography at KS3 in England and Northern Ireland, 3rd/4th Level in Scotland and Progression Step 4 in Wales.

On the physical geography and ethnology of this country ... is occupied with the history of the relations between France and Madagascar, in which he tells the story of his own imprisonment.