History of Seychelles
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- The history of Seychelles dates back to the fourth of the Portuguese India Armadas led by Vasco da Gama, though Seychelles was likely already known to Arab navigators and other sailors for many centuries. On 15 March 1503, the scrivener Thomé Lopes noted the sighting of an elevated island, doubtless one of the granitic islands and almost certainly Silhouette Island. The first recorded landing was by the men of the English East India Company ship Ascension, which arrived in Seychelles in January 1609. The islands were claimed by France in 1756. Seychelles remained uninhabited until the first settlers arrived on board the ship Thélemaque, which arrived on 27 August 1770. Captain Leblanc Lecore landed the first colonists, comprising 15 white men, eight Africans and five Indians. The Seychellois Creole language developed as a means of communication between the different races. The British frigate Orpheus commanded by Captain Henry Newcome arrived at Mahé on 16 May 1794. Terms of capitulation were drawn up and the next day Seychelles was surrendered to Britain. Following the fall of Mauritius to British forces, Captain Phillip Beaver of the Nisus arrived at Mahé on 23 April 1811 and took possession of Seychelles as a permanent colony of Britain. The Seychelles became an independent republic in 1976. Following a coup d'état, a socialist one-party state ruled the country from 1977 to 1993. The subsequent democratic Presidential elections were won by candidates of the same party.
Pre-colonial history
The early history of Isle de Séchelles or Seychelles is unknown. Austronesians from Borneo, who eventually settled on Madagascar, perhaps lingered here circa 200-300 AD. Arab navigators, on trading voyages across the Indian Ocean, were probably aware of the islands, although they did not settle them.
Arabs were trading the highly valued coco de mer nuts, found only in Seychelles, long before European discovery of the islands. The rotted-out nuts can float and were found washed ashore in the Maldives and Indonesia.
Age of "Discoveries" and colonisation
On 15 March 1503, Vasco da Gama, crossing from India to East Africa, sighted what was almost certainly Silhouette Island and the next day, Desroches Island. The granitic islands began to appear on Portuguese charts as the Seven Sisters.
In March 1608, a trading fleet of the English East India Company set sail for India. Lost in a storm, the Ascension's crew saw "high land" on 19 January 1609 and headed for it. They anchored "as in a pond". They found an uninhabited island with plentiful fresh water, fish, coconuts, birds, turtles and giant tortoises with which to replenish their stores. The Ascension sailed, and reported what they had found, but the British took no action.
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The first name was the 7 islands that Vasco saw and named 7 sisters.
I'm from South Africa 🇿🇦I'm curious about this country its soo hidden I've never even seen their soccer team, i wish I can visit
You're not missing anything - after 1 week you'll long for home!
The world best beaches, white peoples that's expected to be worshipped or people treating them as superior people will be disappointed. Everyone is the same there
Who is Nicolas morphey
I'm a Seychellois 😂 Atleast they tried 😅
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r those giants?
Where did the slaves come from?
Africa
Mozambique, Madagascar, india
The records mostly show Mozambique and Madagascar but there were enslaved Africans from even west African countries such as Cameroon and Senegal too. Indians came as labourers but not slaves from what I understand
There were people on the island the french colonized and they also brought slaves from over mainland Africa.
Mauritius
Sorry i don't think you realy know the true history of my country..
I advice u to go make a good search in the main UK library,.then come back on médio to tell my country's history......
The real story of my country started with arabices and malagasis....
Study your history plz.....
No it did not start with malagasis
she told watever in history book of Seychelles .
The person that made this video just copy and pasted the Seychelles Wikipedia article. So boring. They couldn’t even be bothered to do any real research! And you can tell it is a robot’s voice
Em portugues 😡😡😡