For Tromelin Island in the Caroline Islands of the Pacific, see, • Discovered by Jean Marie Briand de la Feuillée, Outlying territories of European countries. The breeding populations of both birds have since been extirpated, although they continue to use the island for roosting. The results of the research were made public on 17 January 2007. L’îlot permet During the British period of Mauritius, France administrated the island as a dependency of the region of Réunion and built infrastructure without British protest. They also built a lookout on the highest point of the island in order not to miss the ship that would, they hoped, come to their rescue. Celui ci eut lieu le 1er août 1761. Flora is poorly developed due to weather conditions and lack of fresh water. A boat was sent, but this first rescue failed, as the ship couldn't approach the island. L'île Tromelin est située 450 kilomètres à l'est de Madagascar (Madagascar (Madagasikara en malgache), ou la République de Madagascar (Repoblikan'i...) et à 535 kilomètres au nord (Le nord est un point cardinal, opposé au sud.) Tromelin has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 280,000 square kilometres (108,109 square miles), contiguous with that of Réunion. 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Celui du chevalier de Tromelin qui donnera d’ailleurs son nom à cette île. L'histoire de l'île de Tromelin Partie de Bayonne le 17 novembre 1760, l’Utile, un navire de la Compagnie française des Indes orientales, s’échoue le 31 juillet 1761 sur l’île de Sable (aujourd’hui île de Tromelin), un îlot désert de 1 km² au large de Madagascar, à 500 km de la première terre. Basements made of beach sandstone and coral were also found (the survivors thus transgressed a Malagasy custom according to which stone constructions were reserved for tombs). During this second failed rescue, a sailor managed to swim to the island, but he had to be abandoned by the ship due to bad weather. The waters are rich with fish. Les marins blancs trouvent vite le moyen de repartir, abandonnant quelque 80 naufragés noirs. « Les esclaves oubliés de l’île Tromelin » en trois dates clés. Sauf que, souvenez-vous aussi que Robinson Crusoé était à l’origine parti naviguer à la recherche d’esclaves africains. "[15], An anonymous logbook, attributed to a writer of the crew, was found. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [15], Captain Jean de Lafargue lost his mind as a result of the wreck, and was replaced by his first lieutenant, second-in-command, Barthelemy Castellan du Vernet who lost his brother Leon in the shipwreck. L'île Tromelin est une île de l'Océan Indien. [15], In 1781 the Marquis de Condorcet recounted the tragedy of the castaways of Tromelin, to illustrate the inhumanity of the slave trade, in his book Reflections on the Slavery of Negroes advocating the abolition of slavery. [17] Indeed, the treaty doesn't specifically mention all the dependencies of Mauritius which leads to uncertainty on the sovereignty of Tromelin, and the official text was the most clearly text in French. LINFO.RE – créé le 5.10.2013 à 17h25 – mis à jour le 27.01.2021 à 15h54- After a stopover on Mauritius (then called the Isle de France), the ship embarked 160 Malagasy men, women, and children at Foulpointe, on the east coast of Madagascar, to bring them into slavery on Mauritius, despite the prohibition of trafficking decreed by the governor. Biographie de Jacques Marie Boudin de Tromelin, seigneur de Lanuguy", "A geomorphological reconnaissance of Tromelin Island, Indian Ocean", 10.1130/0016-7606(1967)78[1247:MPWIO]2.0.CO;2, "Shipwrecked and abandoned: The story of the slave Crusoes", "Ce n'est que quinze ans plus tard, le 29 novembre 1776, que le chevalier de Tromelin récupérera huit esclaves survivants : sept femmes et un enfant de huit mois. Nous allons essayer de comprendre comment le passage d’un nom à l’autre s’est produit. The news of the castaway slaves got published and stirred the Parisian intellectual milieu; later, the episode was all but forgotten with the end of the Seven Years' War and the bankruptcy of the East India Company. [9] The red-footed boobies constitute the only polymorphic population in the region, indicating its biogeographical isolation. [15], After the wreck, the crew and about 60 Malagasy people managed to reach the island, but the rest of the slaves, locked in the hold, drowned. He arrived at the island on 29 November 1776, and rescued eight stranded enslaved Malagasy people who had been on the island for 15 years. Tromelin was the first to precisely describe the island that now bears his name. According to Max Guérout, head of the mission, "In three days, a well 5 meters deep was dug. Son surnom : "le danger" et elle le porte bien puisque le deuxième élément clé dans son histoire après sa découverte, est un naufrage. Sinds 2007 hoort Tromelin nog steeds bij Frankrijk, maar maakt het geen deel meer uit van Réunion. Castellan built two camps, one for the crew and one for the slaves, a forge and an oven, and with the materials recovered from the wreckage, began construction of a boat. Le dessinateur Sylvain Savoia a réalisé une bande-dessinée sur l'aventure des esclaves oubliés de l'île Tromelin. It allowed the discovery of three new buildings and many objects, including two lighters and flints, which elucidated the technique used by the castaways to rekindle the fire. Le 18 janvier prochain, l'Assemblée nationale examine un accord de cogestion entre la France et l'île Maurice concernant Tromelin, un îlot minuscule de l'océan In In 1814 werd het onder het gezag van het Franse departement Réunion geplaatst. The island's masked boobies are of the western Indian Ocean subspecies (Sula dactylatra melanops), of which Tromelin is a stronghold. However, they met with a categorical refusal from the governor, with the justification that France was fighting the Seven Years' War and thus no ship could be spared, the island of Mauritius being itself under threat of attack from British India. Il ne s'y arrête pas et la nomme sobrement "Île des sables". Quinze ans plus tard, en 1776, le chevalier Maurice de Tromelin aborde l’île malgré le péril que ça représente, et recueille les derniers survivants : sept femmes et un petit bébé. Crédit : Archives nationales En avril 1761, l’Utile, flûte de la Compagnie frans çaise des Indes Orientales, armée à Bayonne ars rive à l’Ile de France (île Maurice). The island was discovered by France in 1720s. In 2010, Mauritius and France reached an agreement on the co-management of Tromelin, without prejudice to the sovereignty of Mauritius over Tromelin. They dug a well, providing drinking water, and fed on salvaged food, turtles, and seabirds. The French claim to sovereignty dates from 29 November 1776,[18] the date that the ship Dauphine arrived. Cette île est à 535 km au nord de la Réunion. Sur cette île on trouve une station météo qui a été automatisée en 2015 , des vestiges archéologiques remontant à la tragique période des oubliés de l'île. Tromelin, Verspreide Eilanden in de Indische Oceaan, Franse Zuidelijke en Antarctische Gebieden, Shipwrecked and abandoned: the story of the slave Crusoes, https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tromelin&oldid=58745036, Wikipedia:Commonscat met lokaal zelfde link als op Wikidata, Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen. When the crew of the ship reached Mauritius, they requested that colonial authorities send a ship to rescue the Malagasy slaves on the island. [14] The ship had departed Bayonne in France with 142 men. The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because of its significance as a seabird breeding site. There were also six copper bowls and a pebble used to sharpen knives. [7] The best, but by no means ideal, landing area is on the east side of the northern peninsula. It lasted for 45 days, and enabled the identification of many tools and shelters, as well as the layout of the site.[15]. Deux mois plus tard, le gouverneur l’envoie à Madagascar pour La première escale, après le départ de La Réunion fût pour l'île de Tromelin le 08 novembre 2017. Car c’est surtout l’espace autour de l’île qui intéresse les deux Etats. The Malagasy people, who had been left on the bleak little island, built a shed with coral stones, for most of the wood had been used in the construction of the raft for the crew. [3] It formed as a volcano,[4][5] now eroded, and developed an atoll ring of coral. [15], In 1773, a ship passing close to Tromelin Island located the slaves and reported them to the authorities of Isle de France. [2], Tromelin is situated in the Mascarene Basin and is part of the Iles Eparses. In 1954, France constructed a meteorological station and a landing strip on the island. [14], The sailors reached Madagascar in just over four days and, after a stopover in Foulpointe, where men died of tropical diseases, were transferred to Réunion Island (then Bourbon Island), and then to Mauritius (then called the Isle de France). [12] The survivors remained with Jacques Maillart, governor of Mauritius (Isle de France), who declared them free and offered to bring them back to Madagascar, which they refused. Entre 2006 et 2013, les fouilles archéologiques conduites sur l’île de Tromelin ont permis de redonner la parole aux esclaves malgaches qui, à partir de 1761 et pendant quinze ans, ont vécu, abandonnés, sur ce minuscule écueil cerné par les déferlantes. Voir le diaporama Abandonnés par des marins français après un naufrage en 1761, des esclaves malgaches ont survécu pendant 15 ans sur le minuscule îlot de Tromelin… L'île de Tromelin est située à 535 km au nord de l'île de la Réunion, dans l'océan Indien. Des esclaves qui seront affranchis avant que leur trace ne soit définitivement perdue. Depuis 1825 et avant qu’un second levé hydrographique soit effectué en 1875, l’île est désignée indifféremment sous le nom d’île de Sable ou sous celui de Tromelin. L'île Tromelin est une île française de l'océan Indien appartenant au district des îles Éparses de l'océan Indien, rattaché aux Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. L'île Tromelin, petit coin de terre convoitée par tant d'états mais dont la France entend défendre son appartenance. (GOOGLE MAPS) Un îlot inhospitalier et difficile d'accès [12], On 31 July 1761[13] the French ship Utile ("Useful"), a frigate of the French East India Company, chartered by Jean-Joseph de Laborde and commanded by Captain Jean de La Fargue, transporting slaves from Madagascar to Mauritius in contravention of Mauritian law, ran onto the reefs of the island. One does not have the impression that these people were crushed by their condition. "Tromelin, l'île des esclaves oubliés", une exposition à voir jusqu'au 3 juin 2019 au musée de l'Homme, à Paris. De Fransen ontdekten het eiland in 1722. L’ÎLE DE TROMELIN ET SON HISTOIRE Parti de Bayonne le 17 novembre 1760, l’Utile, un na-vire de la Compagnie française des Indes orientales, s’échoue le 31 juillet 1761 sur l’île de Sable (aujourd’hui île de Tromelin), un îlot désert de 1 km² au large de Madagascar. Plan de l’île de sable (actuelle Tromelin) et détail du naufrage dressé en 1761. [15] The trio was welcomed in the house of the intendant of Mauritius (Isle de France). Tromelin has facilities for scientific expeditions and a weather station. Three buildings built with coral blocks have been discovered, including the kitchen, which was still equipped with kitchen utensils, and in particular copper containers that had been repaired several times, testifying to the Malagasy's determination to survive. A son bord : un équipage français et 160 captifs, embarqués illégalement à Madagascar. In 2016, an exhibition presenting the results of the various excavation campaigns, entitled "Tromelin, the island of forgotten slaves", was presented jointly in metropolitan France and in the DROM: At the Stella Matutina Museum in Saint-Leu (La Réunion), the castle of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes, the House of Agglomeration of Lorient, the Aquitaine Museum in Bordeaux, the departmental museum of archeology and prehistory of Martinique in Fort-de-France, and finally to the Basque Museum of the History of Bayonne from June to November 2017. ; Septembre 1761: Départ des membres rescapés de l’équipage français sur une embarcation de fortune. Sulidae populations have seriously declined in the western Indian Ocean with those on Tromelin among the healthiest remaining. [10][11] It was recorded by the French navigator Jean Marie Briand de la Feuillée and named “Île des Sables” (‘Isle of Sand’). Veloutaries (Heliotropium foertherianum) and purslane (Portulaca oleracea), with growth shaped by a dominant east winds are present everywhere on the island. However, the remains of two bodies displaced during the digging of the foundations of a building of the weather station have been uncovered. [15], The fourth expedition, took place in September–October 2013. Tromelin is administered as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French Overseas Territory but Mauritius claims sovereignty over the island despite its absence in the listing of the 8th article of the 1814 Paris Treaty. "Tromelin, l’île des esclaves oubliés", exposition au musée de l’Homme (17 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75116 Paris), du 13 février au 3 juin 2019. Nous sommes le 11 août 1722, à bord du navire de la compagnie des Indes : La Diane. The green turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the freshwater turtle, is mainly encountered and, to a lesser extent, the tortoiseshell turtle, better known as the caret. Située à 450 km à l’est de Madagascar et à 535 km au nord-ouest de La Réunion, Tromelin fait partie des Îles éparses, dépendant des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF). Il transporte 160 esclaves malgaches Tromelin Entre 2006 et 2013, les fouilles archéologiques conduites sur l’île de Tromelin ont permis de redonner la parole aux esclaves malgaches qui, à partir de 1761 et pendant quinze ans, ont vécu, abandonnés, sur ce minuscule écueil cerné par les déferlantes. The ten members of the expedition probed the wreck of Utile, and searched the island for traces of shipwreck, in order to better understand the living conditions of the Malagasy people during these fifteen years. The island is named in honour of Jacques Marie Boudin de Tromelin de La Nuguy, captain of the French corvette Dauphine. They left the surviving slaves – 60 Malagasy men and women – on the desert island, promising to return and rescue them. Het ligt in de Indische Oceaan, ongeveer 350 kilometer ten oosten van Madagaskar (Geografische coördinaten: 15°53′Z, 54°31′O). The island's weather station, which warns of cyclones, is still operated by France and is staffed by meteorologists from Réunion. [1] It is a nesting site for birds and green sea turtles. [19], It is a matter of dispute whether the building agreement transferred sovereignty of Tromelin from one to the other, and Mauritius claims the island as part of its territory, on the grounds that France has not retained its sovereignty over island in 1814 which was de facto part of the colony of Mauritius at the time of independence. Both great and lesser frigatebirds used to nest on the island. [21] A co-management treaty was reached by France and Mauritius in 2010,[22] but has not been ratified.[23]. Allochthonous species were introduced on the island during the various shipwrecks: rats, mice and rabbits. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}15°53′32″S 54°31′29″E / 15.89222°S 54.52472°E / -15.89222; 54.52472. [16], Castellan left Mauritius (Isle de France) to return to France in 1762 and never gave up hope to one day return to the Isle of Sand to save the Malagasy people. De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie. Mais comment ont-ils pu survivre sur un minuscule îlot où il n'y a rien ? There is only grass and brush (low shrubs) present on the island. Zoom. We found many bones of birds, turtles, and fish." [3][7] Access by sea is quite difficult as there are no harbours and the only anchorage, to the northwest of the island, is poorly situated. 31 juillet 1761 : Naufrage de l’Utile, navire de la Cie françaises des Indes orientales, avec à son bord 160 esclaves malgaches transportés en fraude. The crew retrieved various equipment, food and wood from the wreckage. Jacques Marie Boudin de Tromelin de La Nuguy, "Annexe 2. It is currently only 7 metres (23 ft) high. The ship was a frigate, not a slave ship, and thus was not equipped with the shackles and chains usually found on slave ships. La survie d’un groupe humain dans un endroit aussi ingrat paraît inimaginable. Ils ont survécu pendant 15 ans en recréant une micro-société. France and Mauritius have been negotiating for years in regard to the possible establishment of a condominium over the island. 60 à 80 malgaches restent sur l’île. [15], An archeological expedition entitled "Forgotten Slaves", led by Max Guérout, a former French naval officer and director of operations of the Naval Archeology Research Group, and Thomas Romon, archaeologist at INRAP (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research), took place from October to November 2006, under the patronage of UNESCO and the French Committee for the History and Remembrance of Slavery (CPMHE). Het vormt vanaf dan een onderdeel van de Verspreide Eilanden in de Indisch… The Mauritian claim to sovereignty is based on the fact that the island must have been ceded to United Kingdom by the treaty of Paris in 1814 and should not continue to be administered by France as a dependency of Réunion. Cette île française à l’est de Madagascar et au nord de l’Île Maurice se trouve à 500 kilomètres de la terre la plus proche. The latter were decimated in 1986 by cyclone Erinesta. [15], It was not until 29 November 1776, 15 years after the sinking, that Ensign Tromelin-Lanuguy, captain of the corvette Dauphine,[2] reached Tromelin Island and rescued the survivors – seven women and an eight-month-old child. Most had died within the first few months on the island. En 1761, des esclaves malgaches furent abandonnés sur l'île de Tromelin, après le naufrage d'une embarcation de la Compagnie française des Indes orientales. Het is een opgeheven atol. Géolocalisation de l'Ile Tromelin OSM (6080162).png 1,156 × 722; 183 KB L Utile wreck.jpg 1,297 × 1,813; 1.09 MB Lettre de felicitations au Capitaine André, Paul, POUX.gif 581 × 846; 59 KB L’île Tromelin (Carte : Ouest-France) Tromelin. Le 31 juillet 1761, le navire l'Utile fait naufrage sur la petite île de Tromelin, située entre Madagascar et La Réunion. Malheureusement, il ne trouvera vivants que sept femmes et un bébé de 8 mois. A year later, a second ship, Sauterelle, also failed to reach the island. a low, flat island in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres north of Réunion and about 450 kilometres east of Madagascar. The fire was maintained for fifteen years, thanks to the wood from the wreck, the island being devoid of trees. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 20 apr 2021 om 14:09. [15], A second expedition, organized in November 2008, did not reveal the burials observed in 1851 by an English naval officer. The French Coral Reef Initiative (IFRECOR) has identified 26 species of corals. Son capitaine, Jean-Marie Briand de la Feuillée, se laisse sûrement porté par les alizés quand il voit l’île pour la première fois. They were all from the Central Highlands of Madagascar, and had no knowledge of how to produce food in the coastal environment. A navigation error, due to the use of two conflicting charts, caused the vessel to wreck on the reefs of Tromelin Island (then called the Isle of Sand). Parmi les centaines de rendez-vous d'Etonnants Voyageurs, il en était un qui mettait en lumière l'île Tromelin, et l'histoire de ses esclaves oubliés. © GEO. Tromelin is een onbewoond eiland met een grootte van 1 km². [15] Maillart decided to baptize the child Jacques Moyse (Moses), on the day of his arrival in Port-Louis on 15 December 1776, and to rename his mother Eve (her Malagasy name was Semiavou) and to do the same with the child's grandmother, whom he called Dauphine after the name of the corvette that rescued them. The fauna consists mainly of hermit crabs (Paguroidea), seabirds, and sea turtles for which the island is an important nesting place. Île de Tromelin : retour de l’expédition archéologique. [7] A 1,200 metre (3,900 ft) airstrip provides a link with the outside world.[8]. They tried to survive with order and method. Le commandant de bord pour l'OP 3-2017 se nomme A. Eyssautier. Déjà, le titre: On compare les personnes oubliées sur l’île de Tromelin à Robinson Crusoé, qui, souvenez-vous, s’est aussi échoué sur une île et y est resté pendant des années. Tromelin Island (/ˌtroʊmlɪn/[citation needed]; French: Île Tromelin, pronounced [il tʁɔmlɛ̃]) is a low, flat island in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) north of Réunion and about 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Madagascar. [15] This sailor remained on Tromelin Island and, some time later, probably around 1775, built a raft on which he embarked with three men and three women, but which disappeared at sea. [3], Tromelin is about 1,700 metres (1.1 mi) long and 700 metres (0.43 mi) wide, with an area of 80 ha (200 acres), covered in scrub dominated by octopus bush[6] and surrounded by coral reefs. Ses dessins ont été exposés au musée d'histoire de Nantes. [15] On 27 September 1761, a contingent of 122 French sailors (crew and officers) left Tromelin aboard the Providence. Tromelin is administered as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a French Overseas Territory, but Mauritius claims sovereignty over the island. In summer, it can suffer the onslaught of cyclones and tropical storms. [5][16] Upon arriving there, Tromelin-Lanuguy discovered that the survivors were dressed in plaited feather clothes and that they had managed, during all these years, to keep a fire lit (the island did not have a single tree). Cette fois, le navire est baptisé l'… [20] Indeed, as early as 1959, even before independence, Mauritius informed the World Meteorological Organization that it considered Tromelin to be part of its territory. Both masked (with up to 250 pairs) and red-footed boobies (up to 180 pairs) nest on the island. This represented a considerable effort. The United Nations never recognized the Mauritian sovereignty over Tromelin. With the exception of two or three months in summer, this flat island is swept day and night by heavy winds that are sustained in winter. Tromelin fait partie des îles Éparses, avec Europa, Bassas da India, Juan de Nova, et les îles Glorieuses, mais elle est la seule île de ce district à se situer hors du canal du Mozambique, qui sépare Madagascar du continent africain. [15], A third archaeological mission took place in November 2010. Elle est située au large de Madagascar.C’est une des îles Éparses ; avec les autres îles de ce groupement, Tromelin est un territoire français d'outre-mer et des terres australes et antarctiques françaises.L'île n'a aucun habitant permanent, mais accueille des missions scientifiques, et en particulier météorologiques.

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