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1659 establishments in the British Empire

  • Jamestown, Saint HelenaIn 1659, colonists from the English East India Company arrived on the north-western coast of Saint Helena to establish a settlement.
  • Saint HelenaOn the 21st of May 1502, a Galician navigator named João da Nova sighted an island in the South Atlantic Ocean while returning to Lisbon.