History of Madagascar of 1500 to our days … by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
History of Madagascar of 1500 to our days …
The first inhabitants of Madagascar arrived on the island there are 2000 years.
They were mostly Indonesians, or had mixed Indonesian and African origins. Arab traders arrived later around the year 800, When merchants began to trade along the North Coast.
Portuguese Capt. Diogo Dias was the first European to see Madagascar.
He discovered the island the 10 August 1500, While the wind had kept him from his route to the India. He gave the island the name of St. Lawrence island. Later in the years 1500, the Portuguese, the French, the Dutch and the English attempted to establish trading posts in Madagascar. But all of these attempts have failed because of the difficult conditions and the resistance of the Malagasy warriors.
Europeans have taken first foot in Madagascar in the late 1600, While the coast is the island was controlled by pirates. These pirates used Madagascar as a base to attack ships carrying goods from India to Europe. In the years 1700, the French have attempted to establish military bases on the coast is, Once again without success. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the French controlled only the Sainte Marie island.
During this time, in the years 1700, the Sakalavas of the West Coast had established the first Kingdom of Madagascar. En 1810, their enemies, the Merina, established a rival Kingdom on most of the rest of the island. Their King, Radama Ier, builds relationships with the British and opened the rest of the country to the English missionaries who spread Christianity in the island and translated in a written language Malagasy.
Under the reign of Radama, a miniature industrial revolution brought industry to the island.
After the death of Radama, He was succeeded by his widow, Ranavalona.
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