STC373572 The surrender of Mauritius Isle to the British in 1810, illustration from \'Hutchinson\'s Story of the British Nation\', c.1923 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: from 1715-1814 a French colony known as Ile de France; British captured the island in 1810 and the image shows the French Governor General, Charles Decaen surrendering; in 1814 by the Treaty of Paris (Traite de Paris) the isle was renamed Mauritius;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.