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A Chronology of Key Events in Mauritius.

BY TML Holidays
DATE 29/11/2021

10th century – Phoenicians, Malays, Swahili and Arab seamen visit island but do not settle. Island named Dina Robin by Arab mariners. 1498 – Portuguese explorers stumble upon Mauritius in the wake of Vasco da[...]

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Pointe D’Esny – Ship Wreck of the Dalblair – 1902

BY TML Holidays
DATE 29/11/2021

The Mauritian Ocean Territory floor counts as much as over 600 ships remains comprising of wreckage, retirement, and war victims. The story of the Dalblair is another unfortunate shipwreck that occured in 1902. The[...]

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Times of Mahe de La Bourdonnais: Donjon St. Louis

BY TML Holidays
DATE 29/11/2021

When we read about the history of Mauritius, especially the City of Port Louis, we will learn a lot about how the island was discovered and how it progressed since, and this progress isn’t stopping yet. During the French[...]

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Port Louis – The Harbour and Shipyards

BY TML Holidays
DATE 29/11/2021

Converting the primitive harbour that the first French settlers knew into a civilized port, was no mean achievement for Mahé de La Bourdonnais. That metamorphosis was the result of the joint efforts of European sailors, Lascar[...]

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Baie du Cap – Macondé

BY TML Holidays
DATE 29/11/2021

During the early french settlement on the island in 1721 (even though the first claim of possession of the island was in 1715), there wasn’t any interior roads. All communications were done only by sea round the island in either[...]