a cikin sakin layi na ƙasa sannan a amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin yare iri ɗaya da nassi: Passage: An ambaci tsibirin ne bayan sigar Sifaniyanci na wani hafsan jirgin ruwa na Galician a hidimar Fotigal (Xoán da Nova ko de Novoa a cikin Galician; João da Nova a cikin Fotigal) wanda ya zo tsibirin a shekara ta 1501. Ba a taɓa zama a tsibirin ba lokacin da ya zama mallakar Faransa a 1897. A 1921, Faransa ta yanke shawarar canja wurin gudanar da Juan de Nova daga Paris zuwa Tananarive a cikin mulkin mallaka na Madagascar da Dependencies. Kafin samun 'yancin kai na Madagascar, Faransa ta canja wurin gudanarwa zuwa Saint-Pierre a Tsibirin Réunion. Madagascar ta sami' yanci a 1960 kuma tana da'awar ikon mallakar tsibirin tun daga 1972. An yi amfani da ajiyar Guano (phosphate) daga farkon karni na 20 har zuwa 1970. An yi watsi da tsibirin a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II kuma 'yan jirgin ruwa na Jamus sun ziyarce shi.
Shekarar 1960