Sugar Cane Growing
We never think of the Mascarene Islands in connection with sugar cane, yet much of it is grown there. The name is applied to the Bourbon, Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands just east of Madagas... Read allWe never think of the Mascarene Islands in connection with sugar cane, yet much of it is grown there. The name is applied to the Bourbon, Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands just east of Madagascar. They were discovered by the Portuguese navigator Mascarenhas in 1545. One wonders at ... Read allWe never think of the Mascarene Islands in connection with sugar cane, yet much of it is grown there. The name is applied to the Bourbon, Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands just east of Madagascar. They were discovered by the Portuguese navigator Mascarenhas in 1545. One wonders at the primitive methods employed by the growers, yet the plentiful supply of native labor at... Read all