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    Isle de France

    Former name for Mauritius and surrounding colonies

    Isle de France was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire. Under the French, the island witnessed major changes. The increasing importance of agriculture led to the "import" of slaves and the undertaking of vast infrastructural works that transformed the capital Port Louis into a major port, warehousing, and commercial centre. During the Napoleonic Wars, Isle de France became a base from which the French navy, including squadrons under Rear Admiral Linois or Commodore Jacques Hamelin, and corsairs such as Robert Surcouf, organised raids on British merchant ships. The raids continued until 1810 when the British sent a strong expedition to capture the island. The first British attempt, in August 1810, to attack Grand Port resulted in a French victory, one celebrated on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Wikipedia

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    Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France, pronounced [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire.
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    The invasion of Isle de France was a complicated but successful British amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial military force was landed by the 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 able to ...
  5. wikiwand.com

    Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France, pronounced [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire. Under the French, the island witnessed major changes. The increasing importance of ...
  6. mauritiusheritage.com

    Mar 5, 2023The sepoys were quartered at Trou Fanfaron, at the Champ de Mars in tents and at the Grande-Rivière. The vessels making up the navy of the Isle of France, numbering 17 units and 28 merchant ships, including 4 American units anchored in the harbour, were seized by the English authorities. Port Napoléon resumed its original name of Port Louis.
  7. mauritius-holidays-discovery.com

    The news was diligently relayed to France. On 31 October 1714, Chancellor Louis Phélipeaux, Comte de Ponchartin ordered that Mauritius be annexed in the name of Louis XIV, King of France and on the same occasion be re-named Isle de France (literally: Isle of France).
  8. mauritiusheritage.com

    Mar 5, 2023Mauritius taken by the French 300 years ago Mar 05, 2023 The official taking possession of Isle de France took place on September 20, 1715, while the settlement of the island did not begin until the end of 1721. 300 years later, practically to the day, the Tercentenary of the French presence is celebrated with pomp by the Mauritian State. Here, through excerpts from Maritime History of ...
  9. mauritiusheritage.com

    The British landed in large numbers in the north of the island and rapidly overpowered the French, who capitulated. By the Treaty of Paris in 1814, the "Isle de France" which regained its former name `Mauritius' was ceded definitely to Great Britain, together with its dependencies which included Rodrigues and the Seychelles.
  10. ilemaurice.mu

    Jun 14, 2024Even today, people visit Mauritius looking for the original home of Paul and Virginie, unaware that the romantic couple were created from the imagination of author Bernardin de Saint Pierre. During the time of the French Revolution, the ruling elite of the island, being predominantly royalists, declared its independence from France.

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