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MARTIN

Volume 6 · 143 words · 1778 Edition

(St.), a small but strong town of France, in the isle of Rhéa, with a harbour and a strong citadel, fortified after the manner of Vauban. The island lies near the coast of Poitou. W. Long. 1. 0. N. Lat. 45. 40.

Cape Martin, a promontory of Valencia in Spain, near a town called Denia, and separates the gulph of Valencia from that of Alicante.

(St.), an island of America, and one of the Caribbees, lying on the gulph of Mexico, to the north-west of St Bartholomew, and to the south-west of Anguilla. It is 42 miles in circumference; has neither harbour nor river, but several salt-pits. After various revolutions, it is at length in possession of the French and Dutch, who possess it conjointly. W. Long. 62. 35. N. Lat. 18. 15.

in zoology. See Hirundo and Muscicola.

Free MARTIN. See Hermaphrodite.