A volcanic island in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. An autonomous British colony. Area 102 km2. Population 10,581 (1994). Capital city is Plymouth (population 1,500). It was "discovered" by Columbus in 1493, settled by a group of English and Irish people in 1632, and was established as a British territory in 1783. Blessed with forests, rivers, and ports, its main product is cotton. [Hashimoto Yoshio] Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
カリブ海,小アンティル諸島のリーワード諸島に属する火山性の島。イギリスの自治植民地。面積102km2。人口1万0581(1994)。主都はプリマス(人口1500)。1493年コロンブスが〈発見〉し,1632年イギリス人とアイルランド人の一隊が入植,1783年にイギリス領が確定した。森林と川と港に恵まれ,主産物は綿花である。【橋本 芳雄】
出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報 |
<<: Montauban - Montauban (English spelling)
This law was enacted in 1925 (Taisho 14) to suppr...
A type of protein that is the main component of m...
A city at the southern end of Chiba Prefecture. It...
… [Nobuo Takeshita]. … *Some of the terminology t...
…(2) The tales of the 3rd century hero King Fionn...
…The clear fluid that fills the subarachnoid spac...
( 3R , 4S , 5R )-trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carbo...
A province in southeastern Canada facing the Gulf ...
A perennial vine of the Dioscoreaceae family (APG...
...A labor song. During the Paris Commune, revolu...
Along with strontianite, this is the most common ...
A town in Mogami District, northeastern Yamagata P...
… In the process of the complete revision of the ...
An old Shingon Buddhist temple located in Tenri Ci...
…He was familiar with ancient Greek literature fr...