It was the Dutch, nearly a century later, starting in 1598, who wrote the very first chapters, introducing sugar cane, importing the first slaves, and giving the island the name by which we know it today, Mauritius, after a wealthy shareholder of the Dutch East India Company.

BBC: Blending of cultures in Mauritius

The Kennemerland, a Dutch East India Company merchant ship that was outward bound from Holland to the East Indies.

BBC: Drumbeg