Seychelles.

History of the Culture. Although known and visited by traders from the Persian Gulf area and East Africa in earlier times, the Seychelles Archipelago first appeared on European maps at the beginning of the 16th century after Portuguese explorers sighted the islands during voyages to India. Recorded landings did not occur until 1609, when members of the British East India Company spent several days on Mahé and other nearby islands. A French expedition from …

…Title: Plants and man on the Seychelles Coast Author: Sauer, Jonathan D Publisher: Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1967 Journal Title: Image & Narrative Sub-Title: Heeding the Creole Voice (in the Seychelles Islands): Alternatives to race and nation as identifiers of cultural value Issue: Volume 10 Author: Michael L. Naylor Publish: March 2005 Journal Title: Journal of American Folklore Issue: Volume 118, Number 469, pp. 290-307 Sub-Title: Eastward to the Islands: The Other Diaspora Author: Haring, Lee Publish: Summer 2005