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The wizard of Mauritius

Posted: 13 October 2011 in C18th, Curiosities, Hoaxes and frauds, Inventions, Mauritius, Mysteries, Sea stories
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Port Louis, Mauritius, August 1782. The French Indian Ocean colony—highly vulnerable to British attack at the height of the American Revolutionary War—is in a state of alert. The governor, Viscomte François de Souillac, has been warned that a flotilla of 11 ships is approaching his island. Fearing that this is the long-awaited invasion fleet, De [...]