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Trinidad (Spanish for "Trinity") was the flagship (capitana) of Ferdinand Magellan 's 1519–22 voyage of circumnavigation. Unlike the Victoria, which successfully returned to Spain after sailing across the Indian Ocean under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, Trinidad attempted yet failed to sail east across the Pacific to New Spain.
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad, nicknamed La Real, was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line and was the largest warship in the world when launched. She originally had 112 guns; this was increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle, and to 136 guns around 1802 (plus 4 small guns on the poop), thus creating what was in effect a ...
The Red House is the seat of Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago. The architectural design of the Red House is of Beaux-Arts style. The original building was destroyed in the 1903 Water Riots and was rebuilt in 1907. The Red House is located centrally within the capital city Port of Spain. It is currently used as a meeting place for parliament ...
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the West Indies. With an area of 4,768 km 2 (1,841 sq mi), it is also the fifth largest in the West ...
The light is only 20 feet (6.1 m) above ground, but the headland on which it stands gives it an elevation of 196 feet (60 m) above the sea. [4] Despite its great height above the sea, heavy seas have been known to reach it. A huge wave hit the lighthouse at about 4:40 p.m. local time on the afternoon of 31 December 1914. [6]
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago and numerous much smaller islands , it is situated 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and 130 kilometres (81 miles) south of Grenada . [ 11 ]
5,128 km 2 (1,980 sq mi) Coastline. 362 km (225 mi) Highest point. El Cerro del Aripo. 940 m. Map of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. They are southeasterly islands of the Lesser Antilles, Monos, Huevos ...
The Anglican Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago was set up in 1872. In 1908, an anonymous gift of a site in Port of Spain enabled construction to begin on Hayes Court, a house for the bishop. The current dean and rector is the Very Reverend Dr. Shelley-Ann Tenia. [1] She previously served as a rector in Curepe .