Mauritius has been visited by the Arabs,Portuguese,Dutch,French,English and who knows who? but the name Mauritius come from the dutch stadholder Maurice Van Nassau.Unfortunately, neither the birth or death of the Prince of Orange is celebrated on the island!
The dutch will abandon the island (after may be,who knows?i was not there!eating all the dodos) and in 1715 the Gaullois will seize the island and named it Ile de France.
The french developed the island namely the sugar cane industry but in 1810 will surrender the island to England.
Since 1968,Mauritius gained independence from England and became republic in 1992.
