Many European sailors were shipwrecked on the coasts of the island, among them Robert Drury, whose journal is one of the few written depictions of life in southern Madagascar during the 18th century.
许多欧洲水手都在该岛沿岸遭遇船难，罗伯特·德鲁里（Robert Drury）就是其中之一，他的日志是18世纪为数不多的几部描写马达加斯加南部生活的文学作品之一。