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History of Mauritius - The Arabs (495 words) |
 | The Mascarenes Islands were a long way off the usual trading routes of Arab or Indian sailors. |
| Perhaps the islands were discovered when a cyclone (a very severe storm of the tropics) caught an Arab dhow unaware and pushed it towards Mauritius. |
| Evidence that points to the discovery of the Mascarenes Archipelago by Arab seamen comes from copies of Portuguese maps of the early 16th century that depict a group of three small islands south east of Madagascar that bear Arabic names. |
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