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Albion, Mauritius
Rocky end of Albion beach, Ming porcelain shore
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottles
Wreck timberPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
VOC fleet of Admiral Pieter Both wrecked off Flic en Flac on 6 March 1615; Ming porcelain sherds from the fleet wash onto Albion beach.
Eureka Street (Mauritian author): he and his mother found Ming sherds at the secluded rocky end of Albion in the 1980s, many locals have collected there since, Both's wreck located in 1979 off Flic en FlacView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Sharp coral and lavaSea urchins, reef currents
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.