Editing Glorioso Islands (section)

==History==
While probably earlier known to Arab (perhaps especially Yemeni) navigators, the Glorieuses were named and settled in 1880 by a [[Frenchman]], Hippolyte Caltaux, who established a [[coconut]] plantation on Grande Glorieuse. The archipelago became a French possession in 1892<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOKTJkg6ApoC |title=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |year=2008 |page=211 |access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref> when Captain Richard of the ''Primauget'' made a formal claim. In 1895, the Glorioso Island became a part of the [[Mayotte|colony of Mayotte and dependencies]].

Historically flora on the islands mostly consisted of [[Dalbergia maritima|bois de rose]], [[Thespesia populnea|portia]], [[banyan]] and other large native trees, many of which were felled following the establishment of the French settlement and plantation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abbott |first=W. L. |date=1894 |title=Notes on the natural history of Aldabra, Assumption and Glorioso Islands, Indian Ocean |url=http://repository.si.edu/xmlui/handle/10088/13354 |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |volume=16 |issue=973 |pages=759–764 |publisher=Smithsonian Libraries and Archives |doi=10.5479/si.00963801.973.759 |issn=0096-3801}}</ref>

From 1914 to 1958, concessions to exploit the islands were given to [[Seychelles]] companies. The islands are today [[nature reserves]] with a [[meteorological station]] garrisoned by the [[French Foreign Legion]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte {{!}} French Foreign Legion Information|url=http://foreignlegion.info/units/foreign-legion-detachment-in-mayotte/|access-date=2021-02-03|language=en-US}}</ref> Despite the Glorioso Islands never having been a part of the [[Malagasy Protectorate]] but a part of the colony of Mayotte and dependencies, then a part of [[French Comoros]], [[Madagascar]] has claimed sovereignty over the islands since 1972.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disputes - International|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020141454/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html|archive-date=2011-10-20|access-date=8 November 2011|publisher=CIA World Factbook}}</ref> The Comoros claims Mayotte and Glorioso Islands.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Comoros hits back against France over visa suspension|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-comoros-france-immigration-idUSKBN1IA1NP|access-date=2021-04-11}}</ref> The Seychelles claimed the islands too before the [[France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement]] in 2001.

In 2012, France founded [[Glorioso Islands Marine Natural Park]], a [[marine protected area]], to preserve the endangered flora and fauna of the islands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Parc naturel marin des Glorieuses |trans-title=The Glorieuses Marine Natural Park |url=http://www.aires-marines.fr/L-Agence/Organisation/Parcs-naturels-marins/Parc-naturel-marin-des-Glorieuses |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909084202/http://www.aires-marines.fr/L-Agence/Organisation/Parcs-naturels-marins/Parc-naturel-marin-des-Glorieuses |archive-date=2019-09-09 |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Agence des aires marines protégées |language=French}}</ref>