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History of Saint Helena

  • Valley of the TombThe Valley of the Tomb sits on Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon died there on the 5th of May 1821 after years…
  • Longwood HouseThe property known as Longwood House began its life as a farm owned by the East India Company. It served as a country residence for the Deputy-Governor of…
  • Longwood, Saint HelenaEdmond Halley left the University of Oxford in 1676 to visit Saint Helena. He set up an observatory with a six-foot aerial telescope on that island.