For example, Charles Gordon, a British army general, on visiting the Seychelles in 1881, was so impressed by the luxuriant beauty of the Vallée de Mai ​ — now a World Heritage site — ​ that he declared it to be the garden of Eden.
१५ व्या शतकात इटलीचा शोधकर्ता क्रिस्टफर कोलंबस, हिसपॅनिओला या बेटावर पोहोचला.