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	Global Education Reference
		The island of Saint Helena is 1,200 miles from the southwest cost of Africa in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
		Saint Kitts and Nevis - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education
		After the arrival of the white man, the history of education in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was inextricably bound up with the other Anglophonic people of the Caribbean region—including the Bahamas (where Christopher Columbus first made landfall), Trinidad, Jamaica, and Tobago—and England herself.
	education.stateuniversity.com /collection/3/World-Education-Encyclopedia.html (1921 words)

	History of Saint Helena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The history of Saint Helena begins in 1502 with its discovery by the Portuguese.
		The island now known as Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century.
		Among the governors appointed by the company to rule at Saint Helena was one of the Huguenot refugees, Captain Stephen Poirier (1697 - 1707), who attempted unsuccessfully to introduce the cultivation of the vine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Saint_Helena (1369 words)

	Helena
		Helena completed her outfitting in the Boston area and sailed 24 October 1945, arriving New York City the next day to take part in the tremendous celebration of the Navy's role in World War II victory that marked Navy Day, 27 October 1945.
		Helena spent much of the spring of 1949 in training a new crew and in May cruised to train Naval Reservists, returning to Long Beach for a conversion necessary to equip her to carry a helicopter.
		Helena's accurate gunnery was next sought by the 8th Army, for whom she fired at 13 targets along the bombline in aid of advancing infantry.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/h4/helena-iii.htm (2208 words)

	St Helena History, 1502 - 1821
		Helena is often referred to as the lost county of England: not a shire county, such as Somerset or Yorkshire, but the older designation of certain cities and their districts, very similar to what are now known as borough counties.
		In the history of the East India Company, there is a constant thread of conflict between the Directors in London, with their worries of profit, loss and investment and the man at the sharp end, weeks from home, advice or help.
		The fortunes of St. Helena changed drastically with the exile of Napoleon: a large garrison was established on the island and naval ships were on constant patrol in case of a rescue attempt.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/st_helena/st_helena_history.html (1745 words)

	History of Saint Helena
		Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
		Saint Helena: Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century.
		The British garrisoned the island in 1815 to prevent a rescue of Napoleon from Saint Helena and it served as a provisioning station for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron on anti-slavery patrol.
	infotut.com /geography/Saint-Helena (310 words)

	A short history of Saint Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Saint Helena is discovered by Portugal in 1501 and in 1633 the Netherlands occupy the island.
		In 1659 Saint Helena is acquired by the British East India Company and in 1835 Saint Helena becomes a British crown colony.
		In 1922 Ascension becomes a dependency of Saint Helena as does Tristan da Cunha in 1938.
	www.electionworld.org /history/sainthelena.htm (81 words)

	The Parish Church of St. Helena - History
		The Commons House of Assembly, under the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, established St. Helena’s in 1712 as a colonial parish of the Church of England.
		Helena’s Protestant Episcopal Church was at the center of this culture and prosperity.
		Now, as it enters the second millennium, St. Helena’s historic ministry, the second oldest in South Carolina, is one of the fastest growing in the diocese, bearing witness to the continuing vitality of this venerable parish.
	www.sthelenas1712.org /history.html (1386 words)

	Saint Lucia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean.
		Part of the Lesser Antilles it is located north of the of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and south of Martinique.
		Being a Commonwealth Realm the head of state of Saint Lucia is the British monarch represented on the island by a Governor-General.
	www.freeglossary.com /Saint_Lucia (605 words)

	Who is Saint Helena?
		Saint Helena is distinguished in history as the woman led by God to find the True Cross of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.
		Helena, born in 255 AD in Bythinia, part of modern day Turkey, was the wife of the Roman Emperor, Constantinius Chlorus.
		Helena at the age of 80 went to Jerusalem to supervise this work.
	www.sthelenabronxny.org /patron_saint.htm (468 words)

	Order of St. Helena
		Helena was at one time the most important woman in the world, yet we know next to nothing about her.
		The Empress Helena visited the Holy Places such as Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Sinai, determined where their churches would be built, and she and her son officially established for Christendom the cult of the Cross.
		She was revered as a saint, and the veneration spread, early in the ninth century, even to Western countries.
	www.osh.org /history/saint_helena.htm (1897 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Helena was thereafter used by the Portuguese as a watering and victualling base for their fleets returning from the East Indies and, as far as possible, the existence of the island was kept secret by the Portuguese.
		The fortunes of St. Helena waned further with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 which caused a large decrease in the number of ships visiting the island.
		Helena again became a place of exile in 1890 (Dinizulu, the son of Cetewayo, and his entourage were confined on the island) and from 1900 to 1902 (6,000 Boer prisoners of war were camped on Deadwood Plain and Broad Bottom).
	geowww.ou.edu /~bweaver/Ascension/sh-hist.htm (547 words)

	Meteoroloo.com :: Saint Helena - catholic saint helena
		According to the statistics in the 2005 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, St. Helena has the largest proportion of members of that faith of any country or territory in the world; one person in twenty-nine is a Jehovah's Witness (roughly equaling a total of 250 people).
		Tristan saint helena vallejo da Cunha (dependency)200284Settlement of Edinburgh
		For Tristan da Cunha, which saint helena banks has just one saint helena institute for plastic surgery settlement, but consists saint helena parish history pictures of several separate islands, usually a breakdown by islands is given.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-s-z/Saint-Helena.html (621 words)

	Saint Helena Flag - World Flags 101 - Saint Helenian Flags
		The Saint Helena flag was adopted on October 4, 1984.
		The badge for St Helena was derived in 1874 from the Public Seal of the colony.
		Between 1815 and 1821 Saint Helena Island was a place of exile for the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who was sent there by his captors, the British.
	www.worldflags101.com /s/saint-helena-flag.aspx (254 words)

	History of Saint Helena
		Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century.
		Among the governors appointed by the company to rule at St. Helena was one of the Huguenot refugees, Captain Stephen Poirier, who attempted unsuccessfully to introduce the cultivation of the vine.
		After Napoleons death the East India Company resumed full control of St. Helena until the 22nd of April 1834, on which date it was in virtue of an act passed in 1833 vested in the Crown.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/sainthelena.html (933 words)

	USN Ships--USS Helena (CL-50)
		USS Helena, a 10,000-ton Saint Louis class light cruiser built at the New York Navy Yard, was commissioned in September 1939.
		In the summer of 1942, Helena was sent to the South Pacific, where she participated actively in the Guadalcanal campaign.
		USS Helena (CL-50), in the center, firing during the Battle of Kula Gulf, just before she was torpedoed and sunk.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/cl50.htm (988 words)

	History of present-day nations and states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		History of the Republic of the Congo - Republic of the Congo
		History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
		History of Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_present-day_nations_and_states (1276 words)

	Gold West Country Communities - Helena, Montana
		Helena owes its existence to the gold discoveries in Last Chance Gulch by four prospectors in the summer of 1864.
		Helena won, and in October 1898, ground was broken for the new capitol.
		Helena is still the seat of Montana's state government and politics.
	goldwest.visitmt.com /communities/helena.htm (1118 words)

	St. Helena - Wikitravel
		Helena (California) - A town in Napa Valley in California.
		Saint Helena (Minnesota) - A town in Minnesota.
		Saint Helena (island), a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean.
	wikitravel.org /en/Saint_Helena (119 words)

	Welcome to FamilySearch
		Many useful guides, indexes, and other resources for Jewish genealogy are conveniently available on our new page of Jewish Family History Resources.
		Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is a free genealogy and family history program.
		PAF allows you to quickly and easily collect, organize and share your family history and genealogy information.
	www.familysearch.org /Eng/Home/Welcome/welcome.asp (168 words)

	Natural History
		Helena is a volcanic island although volcanic activity has long since ceased.
		The oldest volcanic rocks on St. Helena are about 14 million years old and are exposed in the northeastern part of the island and form the Northeastern Volcanic Centre which remained active until about 11 million years ago.
		When discovered in 1502, St. Helena was densely vegetated and there survive a large number of endemic plants, including 14 endemic species of fern and 6 endemic genera of flowering plants (with an additional 4 extinct genera).
	ags.ou.edu /~bweaver/Ascension/sh-nat.htm (516 words)

	Saint Helena
		This is an article about the island of Saint Helena.
		Saint Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa belonging to the United Kingdom.
		It served as a strategic island for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean before the Suez Canal was built.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/St_Helena.html (75 words)

	St. Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Helena, mother of Constantine I, called the Great, was born of humble parents in the Roman province of Moesia, a land on the western shore of the Black Sea.
		According to St. Ambrose, Helena was an inn-keeper when Constantius lifted her from her lowly position and made her his consort.
		Helena became zealous for the faith, using her influence and wealth to extend Christianity.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/HELENA.htm (388 words)

	Saint Helena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Helena is an island of volcanic origin and a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.
		Saint Helena is one of the most isolated places in the world, located more than 2000km (nearly 1,000 miles) from the nearest major landmass.
		Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Helena (2303 words)

	St. Helena: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		St. Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic about 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the west coast of Africa.
		St. Helena has two dependencies: Ascension (34 sq mi; 88 sq km), an island about 700 mi (1,127 km) northwest of St. Helena; and Tristan da Cunha (40 sq mi; 104 sq km), a group of six islands about 1,500 mi (2,414 km) south-southwest of St. Helena.
		Saint Helena: History - History Discovered uninhabited by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova Castella in 1502,...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108119.html (301 words)

	The Island of Saint Helena Coffee Company - The History of St Helena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Island of St Helena is a small, mountainous, sub tropical island of 47 square miles, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, on latitude 16 degrees south and longitude 5 degrees 45' west.
		St Helena ceased to be Portugal's exclusive preserve in 1588, when Capt. Thomas Cavendish called there during the last stage of his round-the-world voyage in HMS Desire.
		St Helena is a British Overseas Territory with an English speaking population of approximately five thousand people, mainly of English, African and Chinese descent.
	www.st-helena-coffee.sh /sthelena.htm (345 words)

	Saint Helena: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		St Helena was uninhabited when Portuguese navigators arrived in 1502.
		The islandâs only export is fish, but there has been a decline in the total catch: 27.2 tons in 1985, and a mere 9.2 tons in 1990.
		St Helena is of scientific interest because of the its rare flora and fauna.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=132 (524 words)

	Madison Area History
		A History of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin; Including the Four Lake Country; to July, 1874, with an Appendix of Notes on Dane County and Its Town by Daniel Durrie.
		A history of the area from the very beginning of settlement as well as a guide to specific local communities as they were represented in the late 1800s.
		Over 250 local cultural, arts, and history organizations available as a PDF file courtesy of the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission.
	www.madisonpubliclibrary.org /history/index.html (974 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Saint Helena. 513 facts and figures, stats and information on Saint Helenian economy, ...
		513 facts and figures, stats and information on Saint Helenian economy, crime, people, government, health and education.
		FACTOID # 120: Nepal’s flag is the only one in the world that isn't square or rectangular.
		Saint Helena is a British Overseas Territory consisting of Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/sh-saint-helena (114 words)

	Flags Over Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The red diagonal cross of Saint Patrick was added to the union of the Saint George's and Saint Andrew's crosses.
		Although it was not adopted as a national flag of the Confederacy or as the official battle flag of the Confederate army, the Beauregard battle flag was the banner under which thousands of Confederate soldiers marched into battle.
		Friends and foes of the flag engaged in an ongoing public discourse on southern history and heritage, on slavery and racial suppression, on the alleged and actual causes of the Civil War.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature2/flagsoverms.html (3171 words)

	Saint Helena: History
		Discovered uninhabited by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova Castella in 1502, St. Helena was annexed by the Dutch in 1633.
		In 1659 it was annexed and occupied by the British East India Company, and in 1834 it became a British crown colony.
		Helena is best known as the place of exile of Napoleon I, who was sent there in 1815 and who died at Longwood, near Jamestown, in 1821.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0860880.html (109 words)

	WHKMLA : History of St. Helena, ToC
		Helena is a Tiny Island, from South African Military History Society, decent article on St. Helena's history, many details
		Helena, History 1502-1821, 1821-1998, from South Atlantic and Antarctic Islands
		Helena, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/samerica/xsthelena.html (204 words)

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