a small island of Africa, near Cape de Verd, subject to the French. It is a small spot not exceeding two miles in circumference, but its importance arises from its situation for trade so near Cape Verd, and it has been therefore a bone of contention between European nations. It was first possessed by the Dutch, from whom, in 1663, it was taken by the English; but in 1665 it was retaken by the Dutch, and in 1677 subdued by the French, in whose possession it remained till the year 1759, when the British arms were everywhere triumphant; and it was reduced by Commodore Keppel, but restored to the French at the treaty of peace in 1763. It was retaken by the English in the last war, but again restored at the peace of 1783. E. Long. 17. 25. N. Lat. 14. 43.

GORGE, the capital town of an island of the same name in Holland, eight miles south of Briel. E. Long. 3. 50. N. Lat. 51. 55.