P f S Si A L t Ê R A F R I C A N IB L A N fl&SÜ
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St. Helena,
Afcenüon.
St. Thomas,
Ses.
feal fifhery. 'Kerguelen's Land is deferibed -Snd delineated in the laft
voyage of Cook, to-which the curio-hs- reader is referred. In wildneis')
and iron-bound fterility, it rivals New Georgia, and the fguthern Thule.
Proceeding towards the weft--are feveral other defert iflands lurrpanded
with th e floating-ice- !o f the antarftic ocean, and -chiefly* difeovered flay
Marion in 1772. T h a t o f T riftan d aC u n h a is unknown to ffeceh't accounts.
T h e fouth ighere the region: off dold and defolation, and. jonfproeeed-
ing towards the north the feene improves. St..!Hel.esnai &&‘beautiful
ifland, poffefled by about three hundred Englifh families, the * governor
refiding in a fort w ith a fmall garrifony . There, is arvillage; 'w ith a
church, in Chapel valley. T h e planters are occupied with theirtxaWe,
Lpgs, and poultry j b ut when Eaft India fhips arrive e a c h IjAnfe ^becomes
a little tavern. This interefting rile was difeovered by the Por-
tuguefe, who flocked it with animals and fruit tre e s; but there wasino
fettlement when the Englilh took pofleffion about the year i6oto; There
is only one harbour, which is difficult o f accefs. T h e ifleJdf Afbenfion,
between Africa and Brazil, was difeovered in 1508 ; and has an excellent
harbour, frequented by homeward bound flaps, who bereffind turtle
and fea-fowl. Th is ifland is o f confiderable fize, but mountainous-,
and the foil a barren Land.
On approaching the African fhore, to the north of'Congo^ and palling
the negle&ed ifle o f S t. Matthew, where the Portugirefe .have a-ufmall
fettlement, firft appears the ifle of-Annabon, followed I’b jt S t/ Thomas,
Prince’s Ifle, arid tha t o f Fernando Po. T h e Ifle o f St; Thomas-Was
difeovered by the Portuguefe about 1460, an d fettled by them In de-
fpite o f the climate, which is foggy, and Angularly unhealthy. But the
foil is remarkably flrong and fertile, domeftic animals abound, a n d l i e
produce o f fugar is prodigious. Th e re is a bifhop, who is a fuffragan
ofLifbon.. T h e town Pavoacan is on the eaftern fide o f the ifland.
Prince’s Ifland is alfo fertile, with a good harbour, and a town o f about
two hundred houfes on the northern fhore: it is inhabited by about
forty PortugUefe and 3000 negro Haves. Fernando Po fepms deftitute
©f any good harbour, and abandoned to the goats and feals; but the
Spaniards retain the nominal pofleffion.
Several
Gape Vei
lllands.
S ' W k h L E R , At R TG U *N TS L A N D ‘SP
p r o vable
that? in-, ar!cienY>p’eri^dés'tè^fe;WA^Pfl|f^bEe^4u<meB©u4v.but the
liafedf;' wMiènf^stbl'otelt-edf'-rip ra^ny^éS'ttiè'tifbÿsà'fririuft^hgkiÂnited théj
iflandlp pdftic&lædy - at Thprjflrft]
- d -ÿ llf|» iffied^^euplïn t.hisiqi4 t&[fe'Tteprip.ppfîfefef^épë^V’erdvw-.tencel
if%îas‘ Peeked»1 it's- nanÀ$ The%âip$
iff'1446'. "Wéy ayé:^èn4Wribmber, the two tPéîi^ jt h a | f g t •
in th-e^SAE^-ari®^; Anthony in*-the^|&IP'i<^wThe!--i Arid
uhhealth<^|^nd^Moffîîô®^fe'iflfo^ftbnytSahÆba.rréùfiü|^effi,efi trade« beu
O T g ^ n f lïlf^ ^ ^ g& lS fk in s ^ ^ b rb # pfco^«ji^6'eÿ( m iîÿ , bà&àWâ's^]elrrisprisAL. j
*%fSujfefs-, ‘ citBo.ns^4w^thv anc^IgMeatLè^'l^n'dàth^iPvi^MaicIance
dfÿouîMlŸ? RiMrapftne$chkf féwnVâiÿdrofeop¥iî^lfÿlfsS^èf^ây^^^
' ^ -F aï; tb1 ‘ thd ’ il oxth *ihfe-CâdaryïflaftâA dbr t h e an-v c&îrÿ*
“AMënfe^'fojrrl- An kiterëfting range-ïr êinbweft
F fe b eU ib 1402 under the dlÉBntheuu
Sourît?, afterwards fïyled4krag!h3f t#e Çanaf-iesîff The
Canary is fmaltey' than>FuertàiVenwrap aridi'Sen^Mfy ■ Th^ilââdliièfthe
fnoft TemarlâBlêf -d b ^ ir i§ ’dts^naro^ Afeeo?dingj^i©^!s;t<©®m?j%^r,,).a
»®Ktmtai Aft arid f , whited «In thé" recent» alferohomical vOyagisef 5&r-
diWd'efilladGrenne there is* aiP'àcouTate'àcèàrinÉ-’ëT.the^Peak ofl Tcnerifk-Te"ai4F
which was found 174c? toifes above the lëypl o f t h e( fpa 'ÂlÿJàîJb h t $ 0 0 0 j rinuif'
feet lower than"Mont Blanc.^ ^^tfistfaid 't©,ffie^vjAble-.$t th^jffifl&n^ei o f ' 1
t i g h t y leagues-.-1 This- celebrated mountairr^cannat* be-.,afee^dfed^bton-; account
of thd- fnows'j- except from the- middle - of- July f to the ê ^ d ^ f ”
Auguft. Firfl occur pumices,, interfperfed witfeçK}bffdian7,oS beautiful
and ‘various 'ctÉ®tirs:, followed by broken, lavât. -sTfie* 'fummiAtefemblgs
a lo n e placed on a ta-bltey or rather fmall bafe*;^ and can».oujly he-*a.fcended[
by a zig-zag-path on the fouth. T h e cold Is "extreme;! the na'ils be*
4 } tf\. 4bnoog< thefc may be mentioned the Biffagos, and the,little ifle o£;Goree, ,-a fettlement latl-
■ tered by the bold prominence of Cape VçrdSn '
, - Hiftoire do là premiçre dàcouverte-et conqhefte des Canaries.: faite .dps Pan: par Meilire
Jean-.de Bethencourt, -Chamhellan du Roy Charles Y I. Efcrite du.'t.emps mefme par F. Pierre
A on tier Religieux de S. François, et Jean. le Verrier, Preftre, dôméiliqnés dudit Sieur de Béthen-.
Court. Paris 1630, 8vo. ' See alfo Glas’s Hiftory ofthe.Canary Iflànds»; .' London, 1764, 4to.'..
1 Tome i, p. 121 : fuppofing the height to be tbifes, the fummit might be rilible at fea
at the diftance of 35 leagues. .
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