The Island of St Helena South Atlantic Ocean

This is an information-packed handbook about St Helena, the remote Atlantic island where Napoleon was exiled and which was only reachable by sea until the recent construction of its airport. The book includes chapters on its history, places of interest, environment (its terrain as well as its endemic flora and fauna), and language.

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This is an information-packed handbook about St Helena, the remote Atlantic island where Napoleon was exiled and which was only reachable by sea until the recent construction of its airport. The book includes chapters on its history, places of interest, environment (its terrain as well as its endemic flora and fauna), and language (St Helenian English and its sources). There is also a word list with more than 1500 entries, a substantial bibliography, and an index.