CORSICA

CORSICA, an island in the Mediterranean, between $8^\{\backslash circ\}$ and $10^\{\backslash circ\}$ E. long. and between $41^\{\backslash circ\}$ and $43^\{\backslash circ\}$ N. lat. about one hundred miles south of Genoa, and subject to that republic; though the natives for many years disputed their right. This island is now in the hands of the French, after a glorious struggle for liberty under general Paoli.