The
Opperhoofd of Mauritius was an official who ruled
Dutch Mauritius
Mauritius was an official settlement of the Dutch East India Company on the island of Mauritius between 1638 and 1710, and used as a refreshing station for passing ships. It was already frequented by Dutch ships from 1598 onwards, but only settl ...
(now
Republic of Mauritius) during the
Dutch colonial period between 1598 and 1718. The island was under the administration of the
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
.
List of Opperhoofds (1598–1710)
A list of Opperhoofd of Mauritius from 1598 to 1710.
See also
*
Governor of Mauritius
References
{{Governor of Dutch Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
Dutch Mauritius
Lists of political office-holders in Mauritius