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FOGO

Volume 4 · 62 words · 1778 Edition

or Fuego, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and one of the Cape de Verds. It is remarkable for a mountain that vomits fire and flames, like Mount Vesuvius. It sometimes throws out large stones, with a noise like thunder. The few inhabitants that are here, live at the foot of this mountain. W. Long. 24. 47. N. Lat. 15. 20.