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Mauritius, an island nation lying 1,200
miles east of Africa, first appeared on
a map in 1502, although Arab sailors
knew of it for centuries. Discovered
by the Portuguese in the early 1500s
and colonized by the Netherlands in the 17th century,
Mauritius only began to prosper under the French after
1715. They developed the island’s iconic sugarcane
industry, and then ceded Mauritius to the British during
the Napoleonic Wars.
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