GOMERA  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago of the See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

Canary Islands (q.v.) . Pop . (rgoo) 15,358; See also:

• AREA

area 144 sq. m . Gomera lies 20 M . W.S.W. of See also:

• TENERIFFE [Tenerife]

Teneriffe . Its greatest length is about 23 M . The See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast is precipitous and the interior mountainous, but Gomera has the most See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and is the best watered of the See also:

• GROUP

group . The inhabitants are very poor . Dromedaries are bred on Gomera in large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers . See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian (3187) is the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town and a See also:

• PORT

port . It was visited by See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus on his first voyage of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery in 1492 .