PALMA, an island in the Atlantic ocean, and one of the Canaries, 36 miles north-west of Gomera, and about 75 in circumference. It abounds in wine and sugar; and has a handsome town of the same name, which carries on a trade in wine to the West Indies and other parts. Their best vines grow in a soil called the Bremia, where they make 12,000 butts of wine every year, which is well known by the name of palm wine. There is plenty of cattle, and all sorts of fruits. In 1625 a volcano broke out in this island, with a most violent earthquake; the flame was seen for six weeks together, and a great quantity of ashes were thrown as far as Teneriffe. It was conquered by the Spaniards in 1460.