Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An ambaci tsibirin ne bayan fassarar Mutanen Espanya na wani babban jami'in jirgin ruwa na Galician a hidimar Portugal (Xoán da Nova ko de Novoa a cikin Galician; João da Nova a cikin Fotigal) wanda ya zo tsibirin a 1501. Ba a taɓa zama a tsibirin ba sa'ad da ya zama mallakar Faransa a shekara ta 1897. A cikin 1921, Faransa ta yanke shawarar canja wurin gwamnatin Juan de Nova daga Paris zuwa Tananarive a cikin mulkin mallaka na Madagascar da Dependencies. Kafin samun 'yancin kai na Madagascar, Faransa ta tura gwamnatin 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 ma'adinan guano (phosphate) daga farkon karni na 20 zuwa 1970. An watsar da tsibirin a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II kuma masu binciken jirgin ruwa na Jamus sun ziyarce shi. Gidaje, gami da ɗakunan ajiya, layin dogo, gidaje da tashar jirgin ruwa sun lalace.  Tambaya: yaushe ne Madagascar ta sami 'yancin kai?
Shekarar 1960