Chagos Archipelago
The Chagos Archipelago was formerly administered from Mauritius. Then, a few years before independence in 1968, the British annexed the island under the British Indian Ocean Territory and leased the main island, Diego Garcia, to the USA as a military base for its Rapid Deployment Force. The Chagos islanders were moved to Mauritius and given financial compensation for the upheaval.
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Areas for Fishing
The areas for fishing are the St Brandon, Nazareth and Saya de Malha banks on the Mauritius/Seychelles ridge, and the Chagos bank around the Chagos Archipelago, a submarine plateau that lies 2O-25mThe British Period
After the capture of the island from the French the British re-named Ile de France 'Mauritius' and Port Louis was retained as the principal harbour. British administration started with RobertBritish American Tobacco (Mauritius) PLC
British American Tobacco Indian Ocean Islands Business Unit regroups Reunion, Madagascar, Comores, Mayotte, Seychelles and Mauritius more than Rs5.2bns in terms of annual turnover. This business unit
The French Period
After the departure of the Dutch 1n 1710, Guillaume Dufresne D'Arsel, while on the route to India, landed in Mauritius in September 1715 and claimed the island for France. He named Mauritius 'Ile deCountry & People of Mauritius
Mauritius is situated in the south-west of the Indian Ocean about 800 km east of Madagascar. Together with Réunion and Rodrigues it belongs to the Mascarene Islands. It has an area of 1.865 km ² and
People & Culture
Mauritius owes its fame to sites of spectacular beauty, at the cost of forgetting that it is also an amazing melting-pot of cultures and traditions we now invite you to discover.
Mauritius is a
British American Tobacco (Mauritius) PLC.
British American Tobacco has been in business for more than 100 years, trading through the turbulence of wars, revolutions and nationalisations as well as all the controversy surrounding smoking.