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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 ...
St Helena island. Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa.St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
St. Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21 . The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi (170 km 2 ) and a population of 8,763 as of the 2010 census .
English privateer Francis Drake very probably located the island on the final lap of his circumnavigation of the world (1577–1580). [6] Further visits by other English explorers followed, and, once St Helena's location was more widely known, English warships began to lie in wait in the area to attack Portuguese carracks on their way home from ...
An enlargeable map of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saint Helena: . Saint Helena, named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Penn Center’ heritage days began because of the strong ties that so many have to the historic school on St. Helena Island. 10,000 expected at this popular Sea Island celebration that includes a ...
The refrigerated coolers at Chaplin’s Grocery located along Storyteller Road offers cold beverages as photographed on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 on St. Helena Island.
The Saint Helena scrub and woodlands ecoregion covers the volcanic island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The island's remote location gave rise to many endemic species. First discovered and settled in the 1500s, the island has been degraded by human activities.