SAINT HELENA

həlēˈnə, island (1998 pop. 4,916), 47 sq mi (122 sq km), in the S Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 mi (1,931 km) W of Africa. Together with the islands of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, it comprises the British dependency of St. Helena. The capital and port is Jamestown. Mountainous and of volcanic origin, the island rises to a height of 2,685 ft (818 m) on Mt. Actaeon. Corn, potatoes, vegetables, and livestock are raised, and there is a fishing industry.

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. The island served as a prison for South African Boers (Afrikaners) from 1900 to 1902. St. 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. His home has been maintained as a memorial.

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The Black Room at Longwood: Napoleon's Exile on Saint-Helena
Book by Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Patricia Clancy; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999
Subjects: France--Kings And Rulers--Dwellings, Kauffmann, Jean-Paul--Journeys--Saint Helena, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Exile--Saint Helena, Saint Helena--Description And Travel, Saint Helena--History
...black room at Longwood: Napoleons exile on Saint-Helena/by Jean-Paul Kauffman; translated from...of the French, 1769-1821 Exile Saint Helena. 2. Kauffmann, Jean-Paul Journeys Saint Helena. 3. France Kings and rulers Dwellings...
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The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island
Book by Michael C. Wolfe; Baylor University Press, 2000
Subjects: Penn Center Of The Sea Islands--History, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Church History, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Religion
...powerfully influenced the residents of Saint Helena. In fact, as with all of American...fabric of American society. On Saint Helena Island, scholars, social workers...rights. Whatever direction Saint Helena takes, whatever the abundant life...
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Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend
Book by Antonina Harbus; D.S. Brewer, 2002
Subjects: Helena--Saint--Ca. 255-Ca. 330, Holy Cross--Legends
...Abbey. 30 Colchesters claim to Helena appears to have been an attempt...benefit available in claiming Helena for Colchester, a boon which...She was claimed as the patron saint of the town throughout the Middle...promise, Constantine, his son by Helena, a stable-girl. Constantine...
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Sea Island to City: A Study of St. Helena Islanders in Harlem and Other Urban Centers
Book by Clyde Vernon Kiser; Columbia University Press, 1932
Subjects: African Americans--Employment, African Americans--New York, African Americans--Saint Helena Island, African Americans--Social And Moral Conditions, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Saint Helena Island (S.C.), Social Surveys
...was named for a Spanish patron saint, Santa Elena. 1 The white...first warrant for land in St. Helena was apparently made out in 1698...Land on y. e Island of St. Helena, being a Neck of Land formerly...2 The population of St. Helena to-day consists almost wholly...
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The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia: Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer
Book by Irene Howard; University of British Columbia Press, 1992
Subjects: Feminists--British Columbia--Biography, Gutteridge, Helena--1879-1960, Labor Unions--British Columbia--History, Women In Politics--British Columbia--Biography, Women Socialists--British Columbia--Biography
Whether or not Helena expected to be one of the...legislation that a later Canadian Helena would spend her life fighting...a successful outcome, and Helena was among those who participated...festival of the beneficent patron saint ... 19 Because full mourning...
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La Llorona Dines at the Cariboo Cafe: Structure and Legend in the Work of Helena Maria Viramontes
Journal article by Deborah Owen Moore; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 35, 1998
Subjects: Family--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Style, Literary--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Viramontes, Helena Maria--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...structure and legend in the work of Helena Maria Viramontes by Deborah...story "The Cariboo Cafe," Helena Maria Viramontes uses these...she considers her "guardian saint" (61), but the children...article "`The Cariboo Cafe: Helena Maria Viramontes Discourses...
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Hungry Women: Borderlands Mythos in Two Stories by Helena Maria Viramontes
Journal article by Wendy Swyt; MELUS, Vol. 23, 1998
Subjects: American literature--Mexican American authors, Aztecs--Religion, Viramontes, Helen Maria--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...considers her apartment key "a guardian saint" (61). When she loses this talisman...people" (31). But the hungry woman of Helena Maria Viramontess stories embodies a mythic...Summer 1989): 5-17. Viramontes, Helena Maria. The Moths and Other Stories...
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The New Saint Petersburg: Trapped in Time (1)?
Journal article by Pertti Joenniemi; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 28, 2003
Subjects: Saint Petersburg, Russia--Description and travel
The New Saint Petersburg: Trapped in Time (1)? by...originally given by Tsar Peter I after his patron saint, Peter the Apostle. The question is what...trehundrearsjubileum" ("The politics of remembering: Saint Petersburgs 300th anniversary"), Nordisk...
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Watershed Integrated Management: a Decision-support Model on Sete Cidades Lake (Azores)
Journal article by João Porteiro, Helena Calado, Margarida Pereira, Adriano Quintela, Tomáz Dentinho; International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 14, 2007
Subjects: Agriculture, Decision making models, Economic indicators, Farmers, Lakes, Land use, River basins, Soil erosion, Water quality, Watershed management
...Cidades Lake (Azores) by Joao Porteiro , Helena Calado , Margarida Pereira , Adriano Quintela...The Sete Cidades Lake in the Island of Saint Michael (Azores) is located in a volcanic...concern when two of the major lakes in Saint Michael Island became degraded by eutrophication...
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Rousseau, the Anticosmopolitan?
Journal article by Helena Rosenblatt; Daedalus, Vol. 137, 2008
Subjects: Internationalism--Criticism and interpretation, Philosophers--Criticism and interpretation, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (French philosopher)--Criticism and interpretation
...himself. This can be seen in the character Saint-Preux in Julie, or the New Heloise. Visiting Paris, Saint-Preux soon remarks, "It is the first...am alone"; after experiencing Paris, Saint-Preux adds, "I am alone only when in...
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Napoleon's Last Journey: Christopher Woodward Considers the Continuing Power Exerted by Napoleon on the French and British during His Exile on St Helena Up till, and beyond, His Death
Magazine article by Christopher Woodward; History Today, Vol. 55, July 2005
Subjects: Markham, David, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Criticism and interpretation, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Portrayals, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Public opinion, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Saint Helena, To Befriend an Emperor: Betsy Balcombe's Memoirs of Napoleon on St Helena (Book)
...Napoleon on the French and British during His Exile on St Helena Up till, and beyond, His Death. by Christopher...the British government had chosen to exile him to St Helena. Go to St Helena--no!--no! I prefer death, he replied. On...
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View from St. Helena: The Islanders Live in Poverty, but They Can't Air Their Complaints Because the British Government Owns the Radio Station and the Newspaper
Magazine article by Harry Ritchie; New Statesman, Vol. 127, January 2, 1998
Subjects: Colonies--Economic aspects, St. Helena--Economic aspects
...travelled on approached St Helena as dawn was breaking. Most...Standing next to me was a local "Saint", whose face was streaked...000 people who live on St Helena. Having been ferried across...second is that although St Helena is no more than a speck of...as the countryside, for the Saints boast an eclectic mix of ancestors...
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Saint Paul
Magazine article by Ursula Weiss; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, January 2007
Subjects: Binder, Helena, Minnesota Opera, Musical performances, Opera, Peterson, Dean, St Paul Minnesota, Troxell, Richard
Saint Paul by Ursula Weiss SAINT PAUL Minnesota Opera mounted a fascinating new co-production of...exquisitely rendered creation, and an exciting performance. Director Helena Binder kept the story vibrant with an abundance of exotic characters...
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[Die Agyptische Helena. American Symphony Orchestra. Avery Fisher Hall. New York
Magazine article by Neil Crory; Vol. 39, Summer 1998
Subjects: Opera reviews
...the evenings performance of Saint-Saens samson et Dalila came...three-act opera Die agyptische Helena (January 18) at Avery Fisher...experience, Die agyptische Helena is without doubt the most confusing...centered around the formidable Helena of Deborah Voigt. The role...
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To Toil with Vines - Hispanics and Napa Valley's Wineries
Magazine article by Sheri R. Predmore; World and I, Vol. 16, September 2001
Subjects: Employees--Social aspects, Hispanic American businesspeople--Management, Hispanic Americans in business--Management, L. Perez and Sons--Management, Saint Helena, California--History, Wine industry--Analysis, Wineries--Analysis
...vineyards, lies the little town of St. Helena. Once one of Californias best-kept...a Russian general named it Mount St. Helena, after his daughter. Eventually the...horse to a hitching post outside the St. Helena post office, dodge the wagons that rattled...
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Saint Helena Looking Heaven-Sent for a Dunlop Win
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 7, 2011
Subjects: Race horses, Racehorses
Saint Helena Looking Heaven-Sent for a Dunlop Win. SAINT Helena can make the most of a drop in class to claim top honours...in that heat, it can barely count as a success. Saint Helena had previously broke her maiden in good style at Wolverhampton...
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Roam Alone (BUT NOT FOR LONG); It Is, Quite Literally, in the Middle of Nowhere. JACKIE NOBLE Sets Sail for Remote St Helena and Finds the Unspoiled Atlantic Gem on the Verge of Change
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), March 2, 2008
...fascinating past. Much of St Helena is best explored on foot and...endemic flora and fauna. The Saint Helena Nature Conservation Group volunteers...is also a way of life on St Helena, whether its a quiet day on...marine life. St Helenians - or Saints as we quickly learned, are...
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Tortoise-Racing? It Must Be the Slow Boat to St Helena
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 14, 2009
Subjects: Cruise ships
...the Canaries. RMS St Helena, a blend of passenger...before docking at St Helena for ten days, and then...be St Helenians, or Saints, going home. Captain Rodney Young is a Saint. One of the nice things...But the welcoming Saints, exotic flowers and...miles away and RMS St Helena is the only way out...dustman, but certainly a Saint. The next Voyageur...
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My Chernobyl Girls; Helena Visits the Ghost Villages That Were Home to Her 40 Foster Children
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 12, 2006
...six years. For kind-hearted Helena - our Great Scot winner of 2004...is nothing anyone can do." Helena, of Fort William, who takes...To locals she is a living saint and everywhere she went she...leukaemia as a result of it. Helena was not prepared for the scenes...
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The 50 Hottest Tickets for the Year Ahead; Stand-Up Guy: Chris Rock Will Play Eight London Dates in January War Story: Emun Elliott in the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch Who Ate All the Pies? Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd Rare Treat : New York City Ballet Visit London for the First Time in Years in March Favourable impressions:Renoir's at the Concert (1880) Will Be Showing at the Courtauld
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 4, 2008
...SSAINTSEBASTIANS Renis sensualportrait of Saint Sebastian is one of the gems in the Dulwich...the gallery brings together his other Saint Sebastians (bar one toofragile to move...dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk). 47MAJORBARBARA After Saint Joan, heres another George Bernard Shaw...
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Saint Helena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAINT HELENA h le n , island, 47 sq mi (122 sq km...comprises the British dependency of St. Helena (2005 est. pop. 7,500). The capital...and there is a fishing industry. Saint Helena is governed by the constitution of 1989...
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Saint Helena Island
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAINT HELENA ISLAND see Sea Islands . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Helena, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HELENA, SAINT hel n , c.248 328?, mother of Constantine I. She became a Christian in 313. According to tradition she found (327) the...
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Jamestown , Town, St. Helena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAMESTOWN , town, St. Helena town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of the Suez Canal, although it still...
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Saint Francis , River, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAINT FRANCIS , river, United States river, c.470 mi (760 km) long, rising...Missouri and flowing S through NE Arkansas to join the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark. The river forms part of the Arkansas Missouri border. Wappapello...
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