Port Louis HarbourPort Louis Harbour

Port Louis Harbour

THE BEGINNINGS – DAWN OF 16TH TO END OF 19TH CENTURIES

The island of Mauritius was uninhabited before its first recorded visit during the Middle Ages by Arab sailors, who named it Dina Arobi. In 1507 Portuguese sailors came to the uninhabited island and established a visiting base. Diogo Fernandes Pereira, a Portuguese navigator, was the first European known to land in Mauritius. He named the island "Ilha do Cirne".

In 1598 a Dutch squadron under Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck landed at Grand Port and named the island "Mauritius" after Prince Maurice van Nassau of the Dutch Republic, the ruler of his country. The Dutch established a small colony on the island in 1638, from which they exploited ebony trees and introduced sugar cane, domestic animals and deer.

Port Louis was in use as a harbour in 1638.

In 1735, under French government, Port Louis became the administrative centre of Mauritius and a major provisioning halt for French ships during their passage between Asia and Europe, around the Cape of Good Hope. The Port is named in honour of King Louis XV. During this period of French colonisation, Mauritius was known as Ile de France. The French governor at that time, Bertrand-François Mahé de Labourdonnais, contributed to the development of the city. France, which already controlled neighbouring Île Bourbon (now Réunion), took control of Mauritius in 1715 and renamed it Isle de France. The 1735 arrival of French governor Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais coincided with development of a prosperous economy based on sugar production. Mahé de La Bourdonnais established Port Louis as a naval base and a shipbuilding centre

Since Port Louis was relatively well-protected from strong winds during cyclones by the Moka Mountain Range, Port Louis was selected to house both the main harbour and fort for the island. Value of the port continued during the British occupation of the island during the Napoleonic Wars (1800–15), and helped Britain control the Indian Ocean.

France formally surrendered the island to Great Britain on 3 December 1810, on terms allowing existing settlers to keep their land and property and to use the French language and law of France in criminal and civil matters. Under British rule, the island's name reverted to Mauritius. Port Louis Harbour developed rapidly and gained in prominence in the Indian Ocean over the years under the British rule. However, port calls of ships fell drastically following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

Mauport.com

Website:http://www.mauport.com/

Port Louis Harbour

Non profit

Megaconstrucciones.net English Version rssmobile phonespanish version

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 1

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 1

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 2

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 2

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 3

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 3

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 4

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 4

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 5

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 5

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 6

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 6

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 7

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 7

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 8

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 8

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 9

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Container Terminal. Port Louis Harbour 9

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 10

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 10

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 11

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 11

      • Port Louis Harbour

        C.E.B Fort Victoria. Port Louis Harbour 12

      • Port Louis Harbour

        C.E.B Fort Victoria. Port Louis Harbour 12

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 13

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 13

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbor, container terminal seen from Tombeau. Port Louis Harbour 14

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbor, container terminal seen from Tombeau. Port Louis Harbour 14

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 15

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 15

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Terminal de Granel. Port Louis Harbour 16

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Terminal de Granel. Port Louis Harbour 16

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Terminal Silo y Guardacostas. Port Louis Harbour 17

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Terminal Silo y Guardacostas. Port Louis Harbour 17

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 18

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 18

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 19

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 19

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 20

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 20

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 21

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 21

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 22

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 22

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 23

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 23

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 24

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 24

      • Port Louis Harbour

        From Pieter Both. Port Louis Harbour 25

      • Port Louis Harbour

        From Pieter Both. Port Louis Harbour 25

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 26

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 26

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 27

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 27

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 28

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 28

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 29

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 29

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 30

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour 30

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour

      • Port Louis Harbour

        Port Louis Harbour