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Did you know ...
the early career of
Mauritian
-
Norwegian
footballer
Caleb Francis
was halted due to
racist abuse
?
there have been six
Indian Ocean Island Games
, the latest being held on the isle of
Mauritius
in
2003
?
after accusing
Mauritian
judges of involvement in
slavery
,
Sir John Jeremie
was honoured in 1836 by the
Anti-Slavery Society
?
Jacques-Désiré Laval
(pictured)
, a
Spiritan
missionary
to
Mauritius
, was the first person
beatified
by
Pope John Paul II
?
Diogo Fernandes Pereira
discovered the
Mascarenes
archipelago (
Réunion
,
Mauritius
, and
Rodrigues
) in 1507?
Commodore
Josias Rowley
's campaign to capture the
Indian Ocean
islands
of
Reunion
and
Mauritius
in
1810
was the source material for the exploits of
Jack Aubrey
in
Patrick O'Brian
's novel
The Mauritius Command
?
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