In view of these uncertainties we think it best to keep this entry to a minimum, allowing these other pages to tell the various stories. The small cove, where Captain Munden landed his men when he took the island from the Dutch, is scarce fit for a boat to land, and yet that is now fortified. There was much dispute at the time as to why the coal was short, with some claiming the owners, Gibbs, Bright & Co., had reduced the amount of coal loaded to make room for more paid-for cargo, but whatever the cause, on 18th September Captain Matthews faced a critical decision: the ship was still 723 miles away from Cape Town with no indication that the headwinds would drop and based on recent consumption he did not have enough coal to complete the journey. He then visited the hospital, Longwood House, Napoleon’s Tomb, a flax mill and watched a cricket game on Francis Plain. Only a few of the islands are agriculturally productive. The island’s landscapes largely consist of mountain ranges and expansive plains. Nothing is recorded about the visit. The smallest of the three Îles du Salut, about 10 miles (16 km) from the mainland and the Kourou River mouth, it is a narrow strip of land about 3,900 feet (1,200 m) long and 1,320 feet (400 m) broad, mostly covered by palm trees. As mentioned above, João da Nova’s name is often given as ‘João da Nova Castella’ but this is incorrect. The visit of HMS Dolphin would have been completely unremarkable, except for one thing.
It accounts for 60% of the country’s GDP. He also attended a dance at Plantation House. Charles Darwin, 12th February 1809 - 19th April 1882, was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory and for his publication On the Origin of Species in 1859.

A bit like Linschoten’s error in reporting our discovery date… You can read a more detailed article about the origins of the Castella name♦ by Ian Bruce, originally published in ‘Wirebird’, the magazine of Friends of St Helena{9}, 2019{10}. Above we extended the definition of a ‘famous visitor’ to include a Rhinoceros and here we extend it further to mention a famous ship. His wife, two daughters and other members of his party (including General Kelly-Kenny) came ashore, and visited Napoleon’s Tomb and the (then) only Boer PoWs Camp at Deadwood Plain. After ‘novelty sports’ on Francis Plain he departed at 9pm the following day. He later wrote: Unfortunately his dream did not come true - he never returned to St Helena. Devils Island off the coast of French Guiana. If you know of anyone else we’ve missed, please do the same. So that in week’s time, men that have been carried ashore in hammocks, and they who were wholly unable to go, have soon been able to leap and dance. 4. She arrived here on 15th November 2002, travelling on the RMS St Helena.

On April 20th he sailed for Ascension Island in the company of a goat smuggled on board. She had celebrated her 21st birthday a week earlier. By a strange coincidence, Fletcher Christian (of Mutiny on The Bounty fame) also visited St Helena in 1784. This is why only Northbound ships called at St Helena. Cuba is endowed with many natural resources such as mineral deposits, fertile land, and scenic beaches. The island nation has a tropical monsoon climate and experiences wet season and dry season. Engraving of Atlantis, as first described by Plato, just beyond the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar and Mount Hacho).

…the site of the infamous “Devil’s Island” penal colony from 1852 to 1953 (, South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents.

The French Prince de Joinville, 14th August 1818 - 16th June 1900, was an admiral of the French Navy. Here he set up an observatory with a great sextant specially constructed of 5½ foot radius fitted with telescopes in place of sights, his own 2 foot quadrant and several telescopes of different focal lengths up to 7.3m. This goat devoured his straw hat and his map of the West Indies and damaged, among other implements, the Spray’s precious flying jib. Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. At around 5pm the standard alarm - six cannon shots - was fired to warn of an approaching ship. She made the journey on a regular basis thereafter until 1882 and we have no other reports of unscheduled stops at St Helena so we assume that on future voyages her owners learned their lesson and stocked up with extra coal. This story is summarised from an article on 7 News, Australia, published 7th November 2019{10}. Rhode Island combines picturesque beaches with delectable cuisine, chic stores, a booming nightlife, and an infinite list of activities, all within easy reach. HRH the Prince Andrew, 19th February 1960-, is the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II. His ship called en-route at St Helena and Thackeray had the opportunity to go ashore. Johan Nieuhof, 22nd July 1618 - 8th October 1672, was a Dutch traveller who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. Fish and guests in three days are stale.John Lyly, Over the years St Helena has had many famous visitors{7}. But the greatest indignity is suffered by old Jonathan, who even in 1947 was considered impressively ancient. The young women born here are but one remove from English, being the daughters of such. In the 1970s, Berlitz claimed Atlantis was a real continent located off the Bahamas that had fallen victim to the notorious “Bermuda Triangle,” a region of the Atlantic where a number of ships had supposedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

While alighting from the boat before Prince Andrew Governor Massingham very nearly fell into the water.

The island of South Georgia, which is part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, resides in the Atlantic portion of the Southern Ocean, about 1,450 km (900 mi) east of the Falkland Islands and 4,790 km (2,976 miles) west of Cape Town, South Africa. The SS Great Britain, one of the world’s first steam-propelled ships, called here in September 1852, but she didn’t intend to.

A remote group of islands of volcanic origin fascinate with amazing nature and wildlife.

The five-minute British Pathé news film, now made public on the YouTube website, shows the King and Queen stepping ashore at the wharf on 29th April 1947. The story goes that the poor fellow was so filled with joy at the sight of his countrymen, and at hearing the sound of his native tongue, that he lost his senses, and eventually died. Hapgood’s theory surfaced before the scientific world gained a full understanding of plate tectonics, which largely relegated his “shifting crust” idea to the fringes of Atlantean beliefs.
How long he stayed and just what he did here, apart from taking on water, is also questioned - see our Myths Debunked! The complete works of Charles Darwin can be read online at: darwin-online.org.uk. We have a small gallery of photos from the visit and other images (below). Assuming the Atlantic Ocean was only a few hundred feet deep, Donnelly described a continent flooded by shifting ocean waters that sank in the exact location Plato said it did: in the Atlantic Ocean just outside the “Pillars of Hercules,” the two rocks that mark the entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar. {6} The vehicle in the picture is an Austin 12, 1535cc 4-cylinder side-valve, year likely to be about 1946/7.

Teased by Mrs. Skottowe, the Governor’s wife, Cook had no answer except to blame the absent philosophers who had written the words in his name but had not consulted him. All Rights Reserved. It occupies an area of 93,600 square miles. Iceland is comprised of one main island and close to 30 small islands.

As far as we know, and remarkably for him, during his spell on the island he didn’t actually murder anybody…, Royal party board a vehicle{6}Royal Party at Longwood House. For more, search out a BBC Podcast in the series ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’, #75 ‘Dürer’s Rhinoceros’. We think this may be a confusion with Princess Anne unveiling the dedication plaque for the Community Care Centre. Trinidad and Tobago have an estimated population of 1.4 million people.

The country occupies an area of 1,981 square miles. The photo (below), from a contemporary newspaper, shows Lord & Lady Baden-Powell with Canon Walcott & Winifred. Nieuhoff’s description of his visit to St Helena in 1658 reads as follows: Edmond Halley{13}, 8th November 1656 - 14th January 1742, was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley’s Comet. Eventually the royal party make their way back to the landing steps, with several straw bonnets and pith helmets in evidence in the large crowd.

His route was on the direct straight-line to the Cape so he did not have the option to continue by sail{18}, and there were no coaling stations on that part of the African coast. Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781-1826) was employed by The East India Company in 1795, and had a long and interesting career including founding Singapore while he was the Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen, the former British territory in what is now Indonesia.

Instead Maskelyne used his journey to develop a method of determining longitude using the position of the moon, which became known as the lunar distance method. His arrival a day early threw everything into some confusion, not the least because 16th was a Sunday and (in those days) not a day for holding celebrations. The estimated population of this wee island is 1.06-million. He visited St Helena as a member of the armed forces, arriving on 5th April 1984, travelling aboard the HMS Herald. Crops grown in the Bahamas include onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, oranges, limes, and sugar cane. He visited St Helena, arriving in February 1677{14} at the age of twenty, and stayed until March 1678. At the time, the Black Sea was a freshwater lake half its current size. The United Kingdom is an independent nation situated off the coast of mainland Europe. One is left wondering whether it is possible to libel a tortoise. This valley is the fairest and largest lowe plot in all the yland, and it is marveilous sweete and pleasant, and planted in every place either with fruite trees, or with herbes. This theory presumes Atlantis itself was fictional, but the story of its demise was inspired by an actual historical event: the breaching of the Bosporus by the Mediterranean Sea and subsequent flooding of the Black Sea, around 5600 B.C. Apart from that we know nothing about her visit, but watch this space - we’ll put in details when we find them! He also referred to St Helena rather unflatteringly in ‘Principal Navigations, 1598-1600’ thus: He stayed for twelve days, departing on 20th June. Nonetheless, Cape Verde relies on fishing on the nearby Atlantic Ocean to boost its economy. North Atlantic currents bring warmth to the region giving Iceland slightly higher temperatures than other regions of similar latitudes. Many theories exist about his identity and one candidate was Frederick Bailey Deeming. Police investigated him for her murder but could not make a case. This I was told, but I saw nothing of it, for it rained so hard when I was ashore, that I had not the opportunity of seeing their plantations. REAR Captain Buckley; Captain Dampier{2}; Major Lowther; Lord Hamilton of Dulwell; Commander Warner; Captain Worthington; Mr Chevalier; The Bishop of St Helena; Mr Moss; Mr Solomon; Mr Dovell; Dr Arnold; Lieutenant Blake; Captain Grant; Commander Evans. He arrived here in September 1860 at the age of 16 while serving as a naval officer aboard HMS Euryalus, en route home from The Cape and Tristan da Cunha. {11} It is thought that Sir Francis Drake located the island on the final lap of his circumnavigation of the world (1577-1580), but didn’t land here. Click here to hear this audio file, or hover on the icon (right)♦. {22} The songs were: Time Will Not Wait; The Winding Road; Work Day; Orders, Orders; Complaints; Another Layer; Scotching; Strip and Wash; Together; The Chopper; Four Footed Beasts; Baling; Stand You Down and No Choice, following the work day for workers in the flax mills.


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