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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 ...
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. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi ...
Topographic map of Saint Helena by Barry Weaver and Jean-Pierre Langer; Saint Helena Island, a photograph by NASA Earth Observatory; Author: Oona Räisänen : Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Topographic map of Saint Helena-fr.svg; Topographic map of Saint Helena-mk.svg; Topographic map of Saint Helena-de.svg
Saint Helena possesses fish as a main natural resource. Land use in the island group is divided between arable land (with 12.9% of the area given to this) and other uses, which occupy the remaining 87.1%. In terms of maritime claims, St Helena has an exclusive fishing zone of 200 nautical miles, and a territorial sea of twelve nautical miles.
Saint Helena: highest point of The Barn Weather Post: 608 metres (1,995 ft) Ascension Island: Long Range: 588 metres (1,929 ft) Saint Helena: Mount Argus: 587 metres (1,926 ft) Gough Island: High Knoll: 584 metres (1,916 ft) Saint Helena: Joan Hill: 579 metres (1,900 ft) Saint Helena: Blue Point: 573 metres (1,880 ft) Saint Helena: Green Hill ...
Napoleon surrendering to the English and boarding one of their ships. Bonaparte's arrival on Saint Helena Island, engraving by Louis-Yves Queverdo [].. Following his abdication on June 22, 1815, Napoleon proceeded to the Atlantic coast, where the French government, under the leadership of Fouché, had arranged for two frigates to facilitate his departure for America.
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 ...
Napoleon's Grave Napoleon's Grave (1838). Longwood was the location of Napoleon's second exile, from 1815 until his death on 5 May 1821. France owns Briars Pavilion, Napoleon's initial exile residence, Longwood House and its properties, where he lived during most of his time on the island, and his original grave, but the United Kingdom retains ultimate sovereignty over these properties.