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In addition to this, the land the Ainu lived on was distributed to the Wajin who had decided to move to Hokkaido, who had been encouraged by the Japanese government of the Meiji era to take advantage of the island s abundance of natural resources, and to create and maintain farms in the model of western industrial agriculture.
She was banished on Tiberius orders to the island of Pandataria ( now called Ventotene ) in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Campania.
Ospina describes how the Bacardi family and Company left Cuba after the Castro regime confiscated the Company s Cuban assets on 15 October 1960 ; in particular, in nationalizing and banning all private property on the island as well as all bank accounts.
The Turkish invasion inflicted a serious blow to the Cyprus economy and in particular to agriculture, tourism, mining and quarrying: 70 percent of the island s wealth-producing resources were lost, the tourist industry lost 65 percent of its hotels and tourist accommodation, the industrial sector lost 46 percent, and mining and quarrying lost 56 percent of production.
Vancouver wrote of Whidbey's efforts: " This determined shore they had been exploring to be an island, which, in consequence of Mr. Whidbey s circumnavigation, I distinguished by the name of Whidbey s Island: and this northern pass, leading into Bay, Deception Passage ".
After successful settlement on the island of St. Christophe ( St. Kitts ), the French Company of the American Islands delegated ( Charles Lienard ) Liénard de L ' Olive and Jean Duplessis Ossonville, Lord of Ossonville to colonize one or any of the region s islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique or Dominica.
Due to Martinique s inhospitable nature, the duo resolved to settle in Guadeloupe in 1635, took possession of the island, and wiped out many of the Carib Amerindians.
Up until the mid-3rd century, the Roman state s payments appear to have been unbalanced, with far more products sent to Britain, to support its large military force ( which had reached c. 53, 000 by the mid-2nd century ), than were extracted from the island.
It has been argued that Roman Britain s continental trade peaked in the late 1st century AD and thereafter declined as a result of an increasing reliance on local products by the population of Britain, caused by economic development on the island and by the Roman state s desire to save money by shifting away from expensive long-distance imports.
The area s notoriously harsh weather, dramatic underwater topography, the island s central location on historic shipping routes, and the cold, fresh water have culminated in largely intact, well preserved wrecks throughout the park.
There were singer-lutenists at the court in Palermo following the Norman conquest of the island, and the lute is depicted extensively in the ceiling paintings in the Palermo s royal Cappella Palatina, dedicated by the Norman King Roger II in 1140.
They called the island " Santa Apolonia " (" Saint Apollonia ") in honor of that day s saint.
From then on, the island s " Port de Warwick " was used by the Dutch as a stopover after long months at sea.
On 16 July 1658, almost all the inhabitants left the island, except for a ship s boy and two slaves who had taken shelter in the forests.
The island s institutional advantages are noticeable.
The north of Bahrain s main island, which is dominated by Manama today, has seen human activity for roughly 5, 000 years, as is indicated from the remains around Bahrain Fort.
In 2004 Nauru was faced with chaos amid political strife and the collapse of the island s telecommunications system.
New Caledonia s natural heritage significantly comprises species whose ancestors were ancient and primitive flora and fauna present on New Caledonia when it broke away from Gondwana millions of years ago, not only species but entire genera and even families are unique to the island, and survive nowhere else.
His ships, the Boussole and Astrolabe, anchored off the northern side of the island on 13 January 1788, but at the time high seas were running that made it too dangerous for the two ships boats that were put out to attempt a landing: “ It was obvious that I would have had to wait maybe for a very long time for a moment suitable for a landing and a visit to this island was not worth this sacrifice ”, he recorded in his journal.
Odysseus ' son Telemachus is about 20 years old and is sharing his absent father s house on the island of Ithaca with his mother Penelope and a crowd of 108 boisterous young men, " the Suitors ", whose aim is to persuade Penelope to marry one of them, all the while enjoying the hospitality of Odysseus ' household and eating up his wealth.
Returning to Circe s island, they were advised by her on the remaining stages of the journey.

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A pair of cicada s, commonly found on the island.
The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial rights to the mainland between the Niger and Ogooué Rivers were ceded to Spain in exchange of South America ´ s territory Sacramento ( Treaty of El Pardo ).
The island normally experiences steady breezes ( average 3 – 5 m / s ) throughout the year, with winds direction predominantly northerly (" Etesian " Wind — locally called the " Meltemi "), or south westerly ( Sirocco ).

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Björkö is today mainly agricultural, and shipping lines carry tourists to the island, where a museum showcases a view of life during the Viking era.
The island town hosts a range of attractions including the Castle Coole Estate and Enniskillen Castle, which is home to the museum of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.
This event is now commemorated as National Day, and a small museum and memorial center honor the hero on his home island of Utheemu on South Thiladhummathi Atoll.
The Malta Aviation museum is also situated here, preserving several aircraft including Hurricane and Spitfire fighters which defended the island in World War II.
* Skansen is established as the world's first open air museum by Artur Hazelius on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Museum of the Fisheries is an open air museum located on the island of Hjertøya, 10 minutes from the center of Molde.
His house is now a museum and a memorial chapel and the island itself is a national monument.
The Archbishop's Palace contains a Byzantine museum containing the largest collection of religious icons on the island.
The exhibits have been stored in the same building outside the city walls of Nicosia ever since the establishment of the museum in 1882 by the British administration reigning the island at that time.
This museum also houses discoveries from shipwrecks off the island, including Roman ( first century BC ) and Saracen ( 10th century AD ) ceramics.
In 2007, the island was featured in a museum display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which displayed many artifacts from various eras of treasure hunting as part of the museum's exhibit Pirates: Myth and Reality.
The former island of Schokland, is now a museum.
Many attractions on the island are within walking distance of the ferry dock, such as the museum and library.
The main settlement on the island is Lochmaddy, a fishing port and home to a museum, an arts centre and a camera obscura.
The museum houses a number of Nordic Bronze Age and Iron Age artefacts relating to the island and uses a Mjolnir, discovered in Bornholm, but now housed in the National Museum of Denmark, as its logo.
The island of Merdø, an island far from the coast facing the Skagerrak, was a major export port in the 17th and 18th centuries and now has a museum, a kiosk, and several beaches.
This museum also houses archaeological discoveries from shipwrecks off the coast of the island, including Roman and Saracen ceramics.
The younger church, which has been converted into a museum, is located in the middle of the island, near Uraniborg, one of the two observatories built by the astronomer Tycho Brahe.
Deutsches Museum, view of the museum island
The island formerly known as Kohleinsel ( coal island ) was then renamed Museumsinsel ( museum island ).

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