evidence: Fifteen years later, a Frenchman named, Bernard Boudin de Tromelin, captained his ship to the island and rescued the only remaining survivors: 7 Malagasy women and an eight-month-old Malagasy child. The remote island remains a French territory and is now named, Tromelin Island, in honor of the rescuer. [...] Information "Tromelin, The Island of Forgotten Slaves" ("Tromelin, l’Île des Esclaves Oubliés")