See also:

• ANNOBON, or ANNO

ANNOBON, or See also:

• ANNO, or HANNO, SAINT (c. Toro—ro75)

ANNO  See also:

• BOLL

Boll, an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Gulf of See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, in 1° 24' S. and 5° 35' E., belonging to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . It is rro m . S.W. of St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas . Its length is about 4 m., its breadth 2, and its See also:

• AREA

area 64 sq. m . Rising in some parts nearly 3000 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, it presents a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of beautiful valleys and steep mountains, covered with See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods and luxuriant vegetation . The inhabitants, some 3000 in number, are negroes and profess belief in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic faith . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor is called St Antony (See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio de Praia) . The roadstead is tolerably safe, and passing vessels take See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of it in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to obtain See also:

• WATER

water and fresh provisions, of which See also:

• ANNOBON, or ANNO

Annobon contains an abundant See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply . The island was discovered by the Portuguese on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1473, from which circumstance it received its name (= New See also:

• YEAR

Year) . Annobon, together with Fernando Po, was ceded to Spain by the Portuguese in 1778 . The islanders revolted against their new masters and a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of anarchy ensued, leading, it is averred, to an arrangement by which the island was administered by a See also:

• BODY

body of five natives, each of whom held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of governor during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period that elapsed till ten See also:

• SHIPS

ships touched at the island . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the authority of Spain was re-established .