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MAURITIUS 3B8 ON JANUARY 16, 1772 SAILING SOUTH.  DISCOVERED ON FEBRUARY
12, 1772, THE ISLANDS WERE ANNEXED BY THE FRENCH IN 1893.  DURING THE EARLY
1900S SHEEP RAISING, WHALING AND COLONIZATION WERE ALL ATTEMPTED, AND EACH
FAILED.  SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR II THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTARCTIC
RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS ANARE STARTED VISITING THE ISLANDS, WHICH FORCED
FRANCE TO INHABIT THE ISLANDS IN ORDER TO RETAIN POSSESSION.  WITH THIS IN
MIND, FRENCHMAN PIERRE SICAUD ESTABLISHED A GARRISON CALLED PORT AUX
FRANCAIS IN DECEMBER 1949.  IN JANUARY 1951 HE INSTALLED A WEATHER STATION.
THE ISLANDS BECAME PART OF THE TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANAISES
TAAF IN EARLY AUGUST 1955.  THESE DAYS, THE ISLANDS ARE HOME TO SOME 50 100
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