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GORGONA

Volume 8 · 108 words · 1797 Edition

a small island of Italy, in the sea of Tuscany, and near that of Corsica, about eight miles in circumference; remarkable for the large quantity of anchovies taken near it. E. Long. 10. 0. N. Lat. 43. 22.

a small island of the South Sea, 12 miles west of the coast of Peru, in America. It is indif- ferent high land, very woody, and some of the trees are very tall and large, and proper for masts. It is about 10 miles in circumference, and has several springs and rivulets of excellent water, but is subject to con- stant rains. W. Long. 79. 3. S. Lat. 3. 30.