Zita rechitsuwa ichi rakatorwa kubva kuzita remutauro wechiSpanish remumwe mukuru mukuru wekuGalician uyo aishandira Portugal (Xoán da Nova kana de Novoa muchiGalician; João da Nova muchiPutukezi) uyo akasvika pachitsuwa ichi muna 1501. Chitsuwa ichi chakanga chisina kumbobvira chagara vanhu apo chakava nhaka yeFrance muna 1897. Muna 1921, France yakasarudza kuendesa hutungamiri hwaJuan de Nova kubva kuParis kuenda kuTananarive mukoloni yayo yeMadagascar neDependencies. Isati yawana rusununguko rweMadagascar, France yakaendesa hutungamiri kuSaint-Pierre paReunion Island. Madagascar yakawana rusununguko muna 1960 uye inoti ine hurumende pamusoro pechitsuwa ichi kubvira muna 1972. Guano (phosphate) deposits yakashandiswa kubva pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20 kusvika muna 1970. Chitsuwa ichi chakasiiwa panguva yeHondo Yenyika II uye chakashanyirwa nemaGerman submarine. Zvirongwa, kusanganisira njanji, hangar, matongo uye jetty zviri muMadagascar.
Makore 1960