History
After 1562 the whole of the Alphonse group (Alphonse, St. François and Bijoutier) are collectively named on Portuguese charts as San Francisco. Chevalier Alphonse de Pontevez commanding the French frigate Le Lys visited on 27 June 1730 and gave the islands his own name. The following day he visited and named the neighbouring island of St François possibly following the former Portuguese name for the group. A small hotel has been built on Alphonse Island specialising in fly fishing.
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