 While
Arab and Malay sailors knew of Mauritius as early as the 10th
century AD and Portuguese sailors first visited in the 16th century,
the island was first colonized in 1638 by the Dutch. Mauritius was
populated over the next few centuries by waves of traders, planters
and their slaves, indentured laborers, merchants, and artisans. The
island was named in honor of Prince Maurice of Nassau by the Dutch,
who abandoned the colony in 1710.
Mauritius is also famous for the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The dodo
has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th centuryCheck
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