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Turtle Island: A Journey to Britain's Oddest Colony
Turtle Island A Journey to Britain's Oddest Colony
Author: S. Ghione
Ascension Island is a wilderness of volcanic rock, land crabs, and stray donkeys in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It erupted into existence about 600 years ago and was discovered by the Portugese in 1501. However, it was only when Napoleon was exiled to nearby St. Helena that the island gained strategic importance and was snatched up by the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312310950
ISBN-10: 0312310951
Publication Date: 12/8/2003
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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