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IS’A is the most solitary island of the Southern
ArchipeUgu. In 15° 55' south latitude and 5° 49'
Is, alone it stands, in the very midst of the South
s. 1140 rrafe® distant from the African Continent on
from South A\aerica on the other, 698 from the
• iision, and 4MMN9 'fowi England. No human eye
rs.s ky spot in i* ■ iiyal grandeur until the 21st
iis year 1502, when <a*> of the earliest and bravest
-i v 'ore John de He>m Castella, commanding a
¡mb return from India, discovered it. He found
■‘¡m wm any trace of man’s work to be seen.
- ii'iiii. Spi ‘ »iO jiaEsOES had, how- ’ ■:i'. the
if;*- A:>,% v ^ ta lio * jtevurtk».
. -A'ss -ii, .¿,'i esfere with G um Wood
• v ' r rtumging some of the sea precipices.
t AAh on the part of the modem traveller,
A ' ¡m fsi!r now dark, frowning, barren, rocky
¡reliability of its ever fajnfe -n
good r e « « » $jp! tire s-eswrd
■ R;e£. A«f :■ A y r / i r f ^ water,
,«tr> thr . - 1|s?n as now, hut
: '■ *s$f8 '«tesei»;, seals, sea lions,
a» any others, although
- was found there. These
.■ ; ■ a out for new islands, and
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