GOREE  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

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

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

• SENEGAL

Senegal . It lies at the entrance of the • large natural See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour formed by the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Cape Verde . The island, some 900 yds. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 330 broad, and 3 M. distant frdm the nearest point of the mainland, is mostly barren See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock . The greater part of its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is occupied by a See also:

• TOWN

town, formerly a thriving commercial entrep8t and a strong military See also:

• POST

post . Until 1906 it was a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• PORT

port . With the rise of See also:

• DAKAR

Dakar (q.v.), c . 186o, on the adjacent coast, Goree lost its See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and its inhabitants, mostly Jolofs, had dwindled in 1905 to about 1500 . Its healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, however, makes it useful as a See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium . The streets are narrow, and the houses, mainly built of dark-red See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, are See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-roofed . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, the See also:

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

governor's See also:

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

residence, the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, testify to the former importance of the town . Within the castle is an artesian well, the only See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

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

supply, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that collected in See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain tanks, on the island . Goree was first occupied by the Dutch, who took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 17th See also:

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

century and called it Goeree or Goedereede, in memory of the island on their own coast now See also:

• UNITED

united with Overflakkee .

Its native name is Bir, i.e. a belly, in allusion to its shape . It was captured by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English under See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore ('afterwards See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert) See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes in 1663, but retaken in the following See also:

• YEAR

year by de Ruyter . The Dutch were finally expelled in 1677 by the French under Admiral d'See also:

• ESTREES, GABRIELLE

Estrees . Goree subsequently See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell again into the hands of the English, but was definitely occupied by See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1817 (see SENEGAL: See also:

• HISTORY

History) .