Introduction

FRENCH COLONIAL EMPIRES

World map

Reunion (Ile Bourbon), Mauritius (Ile de France)

Dates:

Reunion Island (Ile Bourbon): French colony from 1642 to 1946, then a French Department from 1946.
Mauritius (former Ile de France): French colony from 1715 to 1810. It came under British domination in 1810 and acceded to independence in 1968.

Some figures

Main nationalities of readers

France: 1338
Algeria: 145
United States: 109
Canada: 27
Vietnam: 26
Others: 249