1889 Perron map MAURITIUS, INDIAN OCEAN (#28)

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1889 Perron map MAURITIUS, INDIAN OCEAN (#28)
Nice small map titled
Maurice
, from wood engraving with fine  detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring. Overall size approx. 21 x 17.5 cm, image size approx. 13  x 11.5 cm. From
La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes
, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron.
Mauritius
Mauritius (French: Maurice, Creole: Moris [moʁis]), officially the Republic of  Mauritius (French: République de Maurice, Creole: Repiblik Moris), is an island  nation in the Indian Ocean. The main Island of Mauritius is located about 2,000  kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. The  Republic of Mauritius also includes the islands of Rodrigues, Agalega and St.  Brandon. The capital and largest city Port Louis is located on the main island  of Mauritius.
In 1598, the Dutch took possession of Mauritius. They abandoned Mauritius in  1710 and the French took control of the island in 1715, renaming it Isle de  France. France officially ceded Mauritius including all its dependencies to the  United Kingdom (UK) through the Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814 and in  which Réunion was returned to France. The British colony of Mauritius consisted  of the main island of Mauritius along with Rodrigues, Agalega, St Brandon,  Tromelin and the Chagos Archipelago, while the Seychelles became a separate  colony in 1906. The sovereignty of Tromelin is disputed between Mauritius and  France as some of the islands such as St. Brandon, Chagos, Agalega and Tromelin  were not specifically mentioned in the Treaty of Paris.
In 1965, three years prior to the independence of Mauritius, the UK split the  Chagos Archipelago from Mauritian territory, and the islands of Aldabra,  Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles, to form the British Indian Ocean  Territory (BIOT). The UK forcibly expelled the archipelago's local population  and leased its largest island, Diego Garcia, to the United States. The UK has  restricted access to the Chagos Archipelago; it has been prohibited to casual  tourists, the media, and its former inhabitants. The sovereignty of the Chagos  is disputed between Mauritius and the UK. In February 2019, in an advisory  opinion given by the International Court of Justice on this dispute, the UK was  ordered to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as rapidly as possible.
The people of Mauritius are multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual. The  island's government is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system,  and Mauritius is highly ranked for democracy and for economic and political  freedom. The Human Development Index of Mauritius is one of the highest in  Africa. Mauritius is ranked as the most competitive and one of the most  developed economies in the African region. The main pillars of the Mauritian  economy are manufacturing, financial services, tourism, and information and  communications technology. Mauritius is a welfare state; the government provides  free universal health care, free education up to tertiary level and free public  transport for students, senior citizens, and the disabled. Along with the other  Mascarene Islands, Mauritius is known for its varied flora and fauna, with many  species endemic to the island. The island was the only known home of the dodo,  which, along with several other avian species, was made extinct by human  activities relatively shortly after the island's settlement.