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	CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The people of all the islands are also subject in May to an endemic of a bilious nature called locally levadias, but the cases rarely assume a dangerous form, and recovery is usually attained in three or four days without medical aid.
		In the north-western angle of the island there is a low tract of loose sand, which is inundated with water during the rainy season; and here are some extensive salt-pans, where the sea-water is evaporated by the heat of the sun.
		The failure to maintain an equal rate of progress in the 18th and 19th centuries was due partly to drought, famine and diseasein particular, to the famines of 1730-1733 and 1831-1833and partly to gross misgovernment by the Portuguese officials.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAPE_VERDE_ISLANDS.htm (4561 words)

	The Benoliel from Cabo Verde
		Esther and Abraham are buried in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde, in the Jewish cemetery, a seperate area of the local cemetery.
		Alexandre Benoliel de Carvalho, Married to Carlos Pinto Wahnon, born in Boa Vista in 1911 and died in Lisbon, Portugal in 1976.
		Augusto Benoliel de Carvalho, born in Boa Vista in 1901 and died in 1919, a victim of a pneumonia epidemic.
	www.saudades.org /ben.html (1638 words)

	Cape Verde Islands- Boa Vista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boa Vista was discovered on May 3, 1480.
		In 1843 Boa Vista was the center of the Portuguese-British commission for the abolishment of slavery.
		The island is covered with sand dunes, beautiful white sand beaches, and emerald green water.
	www.cvcunido.org /islands_boa_vista.htm (53 words)

	Cape Verde - Official Tourist Guide - Boavista
		The name Boa Vista has its origin in the exclamation "Captain, good sight (boa vista)", instead of the traditional "Land at sight", due to the joy of a sailor in the dormer window of a sailing vessel which faced a fearful tempest.
		Initially dependent on one of the ports under the command of a captain in the island of Santiago, the occupancy of that island started in 1497, when it was given to Captam Rodrigo Afonso for the raising of cattle in the hands of a small number of shepherds.
		In 1843 the island was the centre of the Portuguese-British Commission for the abolishment of slavery.
	www.caboverde.com /ilhas/boavist/guide-e.htm (1215 words)

	Hotel Morabeza - Sports Resort, Sal, Cape Verde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(The island is named after the salt mines...Sal, which is Portuguese for "salt".) Next is a visit to the island's capital, Espargos.
		Boa Vista is a unique island you simply have to explore.
		The island of Boa Vista is a great place to relax, as well as dine on delicious seafood.
	www.hotelmorabeza.com /english/excursion.asp (237 words)

	Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The previously-uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; they subsequently became a trading centre for African slaves.
		Cape Verde was uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived in 1456, and the islands were thus made part of the Portuguese empire.
		In 1975, the islands achieved independence, partially due to the efforts of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC).
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cape_Verde (1151 words)

	Boa Vista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		BOA VISTA must be one of the largest small towns on earth.
		Your first port of call in Boa Vista should be the tourist office, who have details of new destinations, circuits and accommodation options in the state.
		This is currently almost the only place in the state outside Boa Vista which has adequate facilities for tourists, with fifteen chalets and ten apartments for hire, the four-bed chalets a bargain at $40; tel 095/262-1254, or contact Transeme Turismo in Boa Vista, Av.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /south_america/brazil/about_destin/boavista.html (1298 words)

	Boa Vista, Ilha da Boa Vista - South Seas Companion Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boa Vista is pentagonal in shape, 31 kilometres long north to south, and 29 kilometres from west to east.
		As Cook was to note on his first expedition, much of the island is covered by hills of sedimentary rock and volcanic formations.
		Portuguese colonists settled the island in the late fifteenth century and lived mostly by raising cattle.
	www.jcu.edu.au /aff/history/southseas/biogs/P000068b.htm (149 words)

	Boa Vista Island -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		An archipelago, or group of islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, the republic of Cape Verde is 385 miles (620 kilometers) off the western coast of Africa.
		The family includes two giants: the boa constrictor, which belongs to the genus Boa and can grow to 18 feet (5.5 meters); and the anaconda, a snake belonging to the genus Eunectes and reported to reach 30 feet (9 meters).
		Although both the boa constrictor and the anaconda live in the Amazon, not all boas are...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9015804 (836 words)

	SetSail.com - the serious cruising sailor's website
		In it, I mentioned that we nearly lost the DIRECTION on New Year's Eve 1988 at Boa Vista Island in the Cape Verde Islands.
		From Isla Sal, the next anchorage at Boa Vista Island was about 30 miles away.
		I was reminded how the pirate-like inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands, back in the 18th and 19th centuries, lured sailing ships onto the beaches by randomly relocating the lighthouses to the tops of inland hills.
	www.setsail.com /s_logs/martin/martin157.html (1237 words)

	Boavista web site \| Home
		Boa Vista island, Capo Verde archipelago: a sand grain in the centre of the Ocean, situated in the 16th parallel, 540 km distance from Senegal and 1200 km south of Canarie with a surface of 620 mq.
		Boa Vista Ultramarathon 150 km 2 stages and 75 km 1 stage are separate race to do at free step and orientation with complete self-sufficiency food.
		Boa Vista Ultramarathon 150 km will take place in 2 stages of 75 km each.
	www.runnersplanet.it /boavista/eng/index.htm (317 words)

	guidething: Boa vista travel guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boa Vista has a distinctly different character from the other islands.
		São Vicente may be a bit dry, but Boa Vista is a desert.
		It is pretty flat with larger expanses of sand and gravel, and a few volcanic core mountains.
	www.guidething.com /africa/capeverde/boavista (226 words)

	WWF - Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde: Paradise on the Brink
		Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde: Paradise on the Brink
		Boa Vista is the furthest east island of the archipelago nation of Cape Verde, 600 km off the coast of Senegal, West Africa.
		The island has an area of 620km2, a population of about 4,200 and boasts some 50km of beautiful wind-swept white sand beaches.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/publications/publication.cfm?uNewsID=20955&uLangId=1 (216 words)

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		Situated in the middle of the north Atlantic Ocean, some 1000 kms from Lisbon, Madeira is a green island with a mass of exuberant vegetation.
		The luxurious blue of the sky and the sea is set against the imposing valleys and mountains where plant life abounds.
		Villa Da Boa Vista is furnished and fitted to an exceptionally high standard (antique mahogany furniture in Portuguese and English style, Persian carpets) and offers a very luxurious stay.
	www.trade-locator.com /vt/rm/listings/l0329.html (289 words)

	III HPC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Recife is composed in downtown by three islands: the Recife island, the Saint Anthony Island and the Boa Vista Island interlaced across bridges that likewise some arms link the whole city.
		In the "Boa Vista earth embankment" as it remained known until the second half of the XIX century, the traders fixed their commercial establishments witholding their house upper stories for their families residence.
		In the Boa Vista district are also located the Catholic University of Pernambuco at the Prince Street, the Saint Mary College, the American Baptist College, the Nobrega College in addition to a lot of another intermediate teaching school s in Recife.
	www.upe.br /hpc/tour.html (5655 words)

	Boa Vista - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		According to ship logs, on April 17 the ships sighted the Cape Verdean Island of Boa Vista and set a course to pass through the islands.
		In the upper right, the islands of Sal and Boa Vista make up the other major islands in the grouping referred to as the Baralvento (or Windward) islands.
		Boa Vista news from Sept 2004 to Dec 2004
	news.daylightonline.com /2005-02/Boa_Vista.html (178 words)

	Cape Verde
		The country, which consists of 9 inhabited islands, has a total area of 1,557 square miles, and its population is estimated at 480,000.
		In 1999 four Adventists were accused of desecration of a Catholic Church on Boa Vista Island.
		The case initially was tried and dismissed in the lower court; however, on the Government's appeal, the Supreme Court ruled that the case be retried on the grounds that pertinent evidence was not considered in the first trial.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/23694.htm (845 words)

	SHIPWRECKS ON THE AUSTRALIA RUN
		On 13 November 1876, when near the Canary Islands, collided with the City of Berlin which necessitated her bearing up for repairs, as the collision destroyed her mizzen mast and took the lives of the second mate and six hands who were aloft at the time.
		With no timber on the island they were forced to burrow holes in the ground and roof them over with sods for shelter through the severe winter, existing on sea hawks and seals cooked in clay ovens.
		After all had landed safely on Eagle Island a small boat was constructed from one of her damaged boats, and in it several crew members reached the River Plate (Riva de la Plata, east coast, Argentina).
	www.netspace.net.au /~oceans1/austrun-wrecks.html (19872 words)

	Boa Vista - News [Feb-Mar 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After tasting the bitterness of defeat for the first time in her career, Boa Vista Lombo will be looking to strike back strongly at Moonee Valley on Friday...
		Bathurst Gold Tiara winner Boa Vista Lombo indicated she was ready to tackle the $300,000 Australian Pacing Gold (APG) 2-Year-Old Fillies Final at Harold Park...
		Boa Vista Lombo, who drew the inside of the second row in settling four pegs, prior to being shuffled back to last with 400 metres to run, produced a whirlwind...
	www.news.daylightonline.com /2005-03/Boa_Vista.html (1133 words)

	In Search of the Lost Civilisation, Atlantis, Spanuth, Ignatius Donnelly, Azores, Surtsey, David Robson, Edgar Cayce, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Canaries have also been proposed as a possible location given that when the Spanish conquerors of those islands arrived they found remains of buildings and ancient cities, yet the Guanche’s, who lived on them, were merely a stone age people who were no longer capable of constructing anything more than simple huts.
		The Government of Tonga planted over 2000 coconut palms on the island in 1892, however within two years, the trees, along with the island itself, had disappeared beneath the ocean (14).
		The building itself measured approximately 100 by 75 feet in size and is located near the north end of Andros Island, the largest island in the Bahamas (17).
	www.violations.dabsol.co.uk /search/searchpart2.htm (2498 words)

	Boa Vista Island -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Of volcanic origin and mountainous, it has an area of 150 square miles (388 square km) and rises to 4,277 feet (1,304 metres) at Mount Gordo.
		There are ten islands and five rocky islets divided into the Barlavento, or Windward, and Sotavento, or Leeward, groups.
		Treasure Island is a small island in the Bahamas.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9015804 (836 words)

	Quinta da Boa Vista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The area covered by the Quinta da Boa Vista (daily 7am–6pm) was once incorporated in a sesmaria held by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
		The Jesuits used the area as a sugar plantation, though it later became the chácara (country seat) of the royal family when the Portuguese merchant Elias Antônio Lopes presented the Palácio de São Cristovão (today the Museu Nacional) and surrounding lands to Dom João VI in 1808.
		The Museu da Fauna (Tues–Sun 9am–4.30pm) in the Quinta da Boa Vista has organized a collection of stuffed birds, mammals and reptiles from throughout Brazil, worth a look on the way to the Jardim Zoólogico (Tues–Sun 9am–4.30pm; $3), close by.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /south_america/brazil/about_destin/rio_quintadaboavista.html (544 words)

	African countries
		There was a smallpox epidemic raging at the time, and Wallis restricted access to the shore for those sailors who hadn't had the disease at some time.
		Cook took bearings from Boa Vista Island in the Cape Verde Islands during the outward leg of the first voyage (October 1768).
		On the second voyage he stopped at the Cape on both the outward and homeward legs of the journey (30 October 1772 and 22 March 1775).
	www.btinternet.com /~musyat/cook/africa.html (819 words)

	Maximum Travel Per Diem Allowances for Foreign Areas
		The latest Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee’s Civilian Personnel Bulletin containing non-foreign locality per diem rates for Alaska, Hawaii, the commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and possessions of the United States is attached to this publication.
		Maximum rates of per diem allowances for travel in foreign areas are established by the Secretary of State.
		Where a country or island is listed it is intended to include all territory within the boundaries of that country or island including any off-shore islands in the same general vicinity.
	www.state.gov /m/a/als/prdm/2003/17019.htm (1018 words)

	UN Chronicle \| An Insight into Africa’s Threatened Sea Turtles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A newly discovered population of Loggerheads, which may be the largest in the Atlantic, has also been discovered on Boa Vista, part of the Cape Verde group of islands.
		On Cape Verde’s Boa Vista and Sal islands, a significant reproductive stock of Loggerhead turtles has recently been discovered “that could prove to be one of the largest in the Atlantic”.
		The island of Sao Tome and Principe has the greatest diversity of sea turtles in the whole region, with males, females and young Green, Olive Ridley, Hawksbill and Leatherback turtles in its coastal waters.
	www.un.org /Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue1/0102p35.html (1615 words)

	Surtsey Island Form from 24hourpharmacy.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		found that the island was in the form of a crater about...
		The pictures in this article are of Surtsey, an island which was born in only days from a...
		Surtsey (Icelandic: Surtur's island) is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland...
	www.24hourpharmacy.co.uk /Surtsey-Island-Form.html (332 words)

	Boa Vista Resort & Conference Centre - Camocim - Ceará - Brasil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boa Vista Resort and Conference Centre - Camocim - Ceará - Brasil
		Two kilometers far from Camocim Historical Center at Barreiras Beach in front of Ilha do Amor "Island of Love"..
		Bathing in the Ilha do amor "Island of love" with a caranguejada (a delicious meal made of crabs) in the hut.
	www.boavistaresort.com.br /english/fichatec.htm (370 words)

	Flugtickets nach Boa Vista, Capv. - Komfortabler Preisvergleich für Flugtickets nach Boa Vista, Capv. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		- Komfortabler Preisvergleich für Flugtickets nach Boa Vista, Capv.
		Komfortabler Preisvergleich für Flugtickets nach Boa Vista, Capv.
		Linienflug von: Abflughafen für Ihre Flugabfrage für Flugtickets nach Boa Vista, Capv.
	www.fliegen.de /flugtickets/boa_vista_capv.html (308 words)

	25th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
		Kemp's ridley turtles in the Ten Thousand Islands exhibited a preference for areas of shell-encrusted worm tubes and the associated sessile invertebrates.
		Anna Maria Island is a barrier island south of Tampa bay on the Central West Coast of FL.
		Given the wide distribution of leatherback turtles and potential survival threats in the Atlantic, it is paramount to identify research and conservation priorities to avoid a repeat of the decline observed for Pacific leatherback turtles.
	iconferences.seaturtle.org /preview.shtml?event_id=4&abstract_id=910 (17300 words)

	ARCHIPELAGOES - Cape Verde - Boa Vista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Parts of the island's landscape form a series of desert sand dunes.
		The climate is influenced by the hot dry winds from the Sahara.
		The peaceful port town of Sal Rei is the capital of this slowly developing island.
	www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/CAPE%20VERDE/boa_vista.htm (87 words)

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