Mauritius Regiment
The history of Mauritius begins with its possible, though undocumented, discovery by Austronesians under the Austronesian expansion from pre-Han Taiwan, circa 1500 to 1000 BC, and then controversially by Arabs, asdocumented on Portuguese maps, followed by Portuguese and its appearance on European maps in the early 16th century. Mauritius was successively colonized by the Netherlands, France and Great Britain, and became independent on 12 March 1968. Discovery Mauritius was first officially discovered by the Portuguese, as corroborated by Portuguese maps. This is evident in the earliest existing historical evidence of the island on the Cantino Planisphere, which shows three islands that represent the Mascarenes (Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues) and calls them Dina Margabin, Dina Arobi, and Dina Moraze. It also shows the Cargados Carajos shoals ( St. Brandon) as ''baixos'' (shallows). The medieval Arab world called the Indian Ocean island region Waqwaq. Portuguese discover ...
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