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    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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    March 1968, when Mauritius became independent. Isle de France, which consisted of Mauritius and some other islands had been under French rule since 1715...
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  • France (Mauritius), Mauritius under French rule between 1715 and 1810 as Isle de France Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency) Île-de-France, a public...
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    British used the original Dutch name of Mauritius for Isle de France. In 1814, Île Bonaparte was returned to France, who eventually renamed it La Réunion...
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    Viceroy, but in 1735 he returned to French service as governor of the Isle de France (present-day Mauritius) and the Île de Bourbon (present-day Réunion)....
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    Connections between France and Mauritius date back to 1710 when Mauritius became a French colony and was renamed Isle de France. The only dispute between...
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    Georges (novel) (category Isle de France (Mauritius))
    Georges is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père set on Isle de France (Mauritius), from 1810 to 1824. This novel is of particular scholarly interest because...
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    in 1638, to prevent the French and the British from settling on the island. It has been frequently hypothesized that Mauritius was first discovered by...
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