MuEurope wekutanga kuona chitsuwa ichi ndiRichard Rowe weThomas muna 1615. Kaputeni William Mynors weRoyal Mary, chikepe cheEnglish East India Company, akatumidza chitsuwa ichi paakafamba nechekare musi weKisimusi, muna 1643. Chitsuwa ichi chaive chakabatanidzwa mumamepu ekufambisa eChirungu neDutch kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi17, asi hazvina kusvika muna 1666 kuti mepu yakaburitswa nemunyori wemifananidzo wechiDutch Pieter Goos yaisanganisira chitsuwa ichi. Goos akataura chitsuwa ichi se "Mony" kana "Moni", zvinoreva kuti hazvina kujeka.
Makore 1643