In 1598, a Dutch fleet led by Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck made an unplanned landfall on an uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean. They named it after their prince, Mauritius van Nassau, and in doing so wrote the first chapter of a colonial story that would reshape the Mascarenes. This episode follows the voyage of the Second Dutch Expedition to the East Indies, the accidental discovery of the island by the ships 'Mauritius', 'Hollandia', and 'Amsterdam', and the careful survey that produced the first detailed chart of the coast. We explore the crew's encounter with the dodo — a bird so fearless it was called 'walghvogel' or 'nauseating bird' by the sailors — and the logistical decisions that made the Dutch abandon any immediate settlement. Lucas and Luna trace how this single landing set the stage for centuries of colonial contest, from the Dutch departure in 1710 to the French and British occupations that followed. Specific details include Van Warwijck's journal entries, the naming of Port de Warwick (now Grand Port), and the crew's interactions with the island's giant tortoises and ebony forests. A forgotten turning point in a familiar island's history.
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