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map 3 Map showing GRAND PORT area
Some French people and their families from Bourbon island came to settle in Ile de France.
In 1722, Denis de Nyon, the first French governor, arrived with a group of people and their
families from France.They brought slaves too.The Governor started a settlement at Grand Port.
The settlers were given lands on the banks of rivers and streams in the Grand Port area.
They built wooden houses with roofs made of latanier leaves.They cleared the land to grow
food crops. Slaves, brought from Madagascar, helped them. But the French settlers had to face
manydifcultiesliketheDutch.Theyhadtodependonshingandhuntingtosurvive.
2.2 The french settlement at grand port