It has been frequently hypothesized that Mauritius …
Years: 1504 - 1515
It has been frequently hypothesized that Mauritius was first discovered by the Arabs.
The first historical evidence of the existence of an island now known as Mauritius is on a map produced in 1502 by the Italian cartographer Alberto Cantino, who shows three islands that are thought to represent the Mascarenes (Mauritius, …
