History of Mauritius

The known history of Mauritius begins with its discovery by Arabs and Malays, followed by Europeans and its appearance on maps in the early 16th century. Mauritius was successively colonized by the Netherlands, France and Great Britain, and became independent in 1968.
Discovery
Mauritius was first discovered by the Moors. This is corroborated by the earliest existing historical evidence of the island on a map produced by the Italian cartographer Alberto Cantino in 1502. Cantino shows three islands which are thought to represent the Mascarenes and calls them Dina Margabin, Dina Arobi, and Dina Moraze. The medieval Arab world called the Indian Ocean island region Waqwaq.
Portuguese discoveries
Mauritius was later discovered and visited by the Portuguese between 1507 and 1513. Mauritius and surrounding islands were known as the Mascarene Islands after Pedro Mascarenhas.
An official world map by Diogo Ribeiro described "from west to east, the first island, 'Mascarenhas', the second, 'Santa Apolonia' and the third, 'Domingo Froiz.' " The three islands were encountered some years earlier by chance during an exploratory expedition of the coast of the Bay of Bengal led by Tristão da Cunha. The expedition ran into a cyclone and was forced to change course. Thus, the ship Cirne of the captain Diogo Fernandes Pereira, came into view of Réunion island on 9 February 1507. They called the island "Santa Apolonia" in honor of that day's saint. Mauritius was encountered during the same expedition and received the name of "Cirne" and Rodrigues that of "Diogo Fernandes". Five years later, the islands were visited by Dom Pedro de Mascarenhas who left the name Mascarene for the whole region. The Portuguese took no interest in these isolated islands. They were already established in Asia in Goa, on the coast of Malabar, on the island of Ceylon and on the Malaysian coast.

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Merci bien Kate Charck. Much appreciated

[@ridealongwithnicolle1581]

I'm quarter Mauritian, I always tried to find the history of my people. Thank you

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0:04 - known history of Mauritius starts w/discovery by Arabs n Malays. Latr by Europeans n appearance on maps in the early 16th century.
0:12 - successfully colonized by Dutch, France n Britain.
0:16 - 1st discovered by Moors. Proof on map in 1502 by Italian cartographer. All three islands, Mauritius, Rodrigues n Reunuon were on map.
0:46 - Portuguese discovered between 1507 n 1513. Mauritius n surrounding islands were then known as the Mascerene islands by Patrio Mascarenios.
1:07- these three islands were encountered some yrs b4 by chance by exploratory visit of the Bay of Bengal. A cyclone forced them 2 go in that wy. They landed on Reunion island in 1507. Latr they went 2 Mauritius. 5 yrs. latr the islands were visited by Don Pedro Demascaranus who named all the islands the Mascerene islands.
1:46 - Portuguese weren't interested in these isolated islands.
2:15 - Dutch E. India Co. era. In 1598 the 2nd Dutch expedition goin 2 Indonesia with 8 ships. Bad weather aftr the Cape of Good Hope separated the ships. 3 went somewhere. The othr 5 on Sep. 17 saw Mauritius. Sep. 20 they went 2 Mauritius.
4:11 - the Brits n Danes were sailing the Indian Ocean. Those who landed on Mauritius cut n took the Ebony tree.
4:24 - Dutch colonization started in 1638 n ended in 1710 w/ brief interruptions between 1658 n 1666. Numerous governors were appointed but problems like cyclones, droughts, pests, lack of food n illnesses forced Dutch 2 leave in 1710.
9:00 - abandoned by the Dutch it became a French colony. 1721 the French occupied.
9:48 - early 1729 Indians from Pondachery, India came.
11:26 - Rodriguez was visited b4 by Brits 4 water n food in 1809.

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I live in mauritius

[@lovemytuneskristian7751]

dates went a little wrong around 18 / 19 40s.
should have still been 18.

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[@kasseykassey1740]

I am half Mauricienne and no know nothing of my mums culture. Thanks. Know anyone who could do research on my genealogy if I provided birth and death certs?

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Mmm interesante

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The real name is dom pedro mascarenhas

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Hi I am a mauricienne

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