Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius...
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The Governor of Isle de France was an official who ruled Isle de France (now Republic of Mauritius) during the French colonial period between 1721 and...
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Royal Navy at Grand Baie, on the French colony of Isle de France (now Mauritius). Marching inland against weak French opposition, the British force was...
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1968, when Mauritius became an independent country. Isle de France, which consisted of Mauritius and some other islands had been under French rule since...
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(Opperhoofd of Mauritius) – 1598 to 1718 Governor of Isle de France (Mauritius) (Gouverneur d'Isle de France) – 1721 to 1810 Governor of British Mauritius (Governor...
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service of the Portuguese Viceroy, but in 1735 he returned to French service as governor of the Isle de France (present-day Mauritius) and the Île de Bourbon...
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Present List of governors of Isle de France (Mauritius), 1735-1810 List of governors of British Mauritius, 1810-1968 Governor-General of Mauritius (has a section...
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1735, with the arrival of the French governor, Mahé de La Bourdonnais, that "Isle de France" started developing effectively. Mahé de La Bourdonnais planted...
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Mauritius, in honour of Prince Maurice van Nassau, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. Later the island became a French colony and was renamed Isle de...
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industry. de Sornay, Pierre (1952). Isle de France,Mauritius island. The Dutch abandoned Mauritius on 17 February 1710. Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais...
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