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Mauritius 1720s: The Island Between Empires and the Trade That Shaped It

Mauritius 1720s: The Island Between Empires and the Trade That Shaped It

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In the 1720s, Mauritius sat at the crossroads of two rising empires—France and Britain—and a web of Indian Ocean trade that stretched from Mozambique to Surat. This episode follows the island's pivot from a failed Dutch outpost to a French prize, tracing the sugar, slaves, and spices that flowed through its ports. We meet the Compagnie des Indes officials who struggled to make the island profitable, the enslaved Africans and Indians whose labor built its plantations, and the privateers who saw Mauritius as a base for raiding British shipping. We also examine the 1721 French takeover, the early experiments with coffee and cotton, and the island's role in the bigger story of European rivalry and Asian commerce. Along the way, we ask what 'island identity' meant before Mauritius had a name—and how the choices of a few hundred settlers shaped a nation. It's a story of contingency, ambition, and the brutal economics of empire. #Mauritius #IndianOcean #FrenchEmpire #BritishEmpire #CompagnieDesIndes #1720s #SugarTrade #SlaveTrade #PortLouis #Mozambique #Surat #Privateers #Colonialism #IslandHistory #MaritimeTrade #EastAfrica #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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