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The East India Company later established two regular units to help defend the island, the St Helena Artillery and St Helena Infantry Regiments, drawn from non-local recruits. [4] As the East India Company garrison grew and more fortifications were constructed the militia declined in importance, by the early 1790s the militia numbered just 30-40 ...
João da Nova, a Galician navigator serving the Portuguese Empire, was the first person to sight Saint Helena.. According to long-established tradition, the island was sighted on 21 May 1502 by the four ships of the 3rd Portuguese Armada, commanded by João da Nova, a Galician navigator in the service of Portugal, during his return voyage to Lisbon, who named it Santa Helena after Saint Helena ...
Prosperous Bay Plain (the site of Saint Helena Airport) is the only known habitat for about 55 of these endemic species. The Saint Helena giant earwig is almost certainly extinct, with the most recent chitinous remains having been found in the 1990s. However, its presence is firmly cemented within Saint Helena folklore, and hopes linger on. [6 ...
Saint Helena, named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [ 1 ] which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha .
The Museum of Saint Helena is at the foot of Jacob's Ladder (in the background) The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. It has an extensive collection covering the maritime, military and social history of the island over two floors.
The Anglican Parish of St. James is one of the three parishes of the Diocese of St Helena on the island. St James' Church is the primary church in the parish and is the oldest Anglican Church in the southern hemisphere; the present building was put up in 1772. There are 3 daughter churches: St John's, in Upper Jamestown, St Mary's, the Briars ...
George, Barbara B. St Helena – the Chinese Connection ISBN 0-18-994892-2; Cross, Tony St Helena including Ascension Island and Tristan Da Cunha ISBN 0-7153-8075-3; Brooke, T. H., A History of the Island of St Helena from its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806, Printed for Black, Parry and Kingsbury, London, 1808
Shoulder patch of the RSHPS. The Royal Saint Helena Police Service, formerly the Saint Helena Police Service, is the local police force for the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, consisting of the South Atlantic islands of Saint Helena, Ascension and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.