 Their settlements were further inland, in size, and may have been fortified with ditches and wooden palisades.While the Zafiraminia moved into Anosy from the north, Europeans began arriving from the south.On 10 August 1500, a Portuguese crew – whose ship had been separated from the 2nd Portuguese India Armada during a storm – became the first Europeans to see Madagascar, at the southern coast near present-day Tôlanaro.