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See also:ANNOBON, or See also:ANNO See also:Boll, an See also:island in the Gulf of See also:Guinea, in 1° 24' S. and 5° 35' E., belonging to See also:Spain. It is rro m. S.W. of St See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas. Its length is about 4 m., its breadth 2, and its See also:area 64 sq. m. Rising in some parts nearly 3000 ft. above the See also:sea, it presents a See also:succession of beautiful valleys and steep mountains, covered with See also:rich See also:woods and luxuriant vegetation. The inhabitants, some 3000 in number, are negroes and profess belief in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic faith. The See also:chief See also:town and See also:residence of the See also:governor is called St Antony (See also:San See also:Antonio de Praia). The roadstead is tolerably safe, and passing vessels take See also:advantage of it in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to obtain See also:water and fresh provisions, of which Annobon contains an abundant See also:supply. The island was discovered by the Portuguese on the 1st of See also:January 1473, from which circumstance it received its name (= New See also:Year). Annobon, together with Fernando Po, was ceded to Spain by the Portuguese in 1778. The islanders revolted against their new masters and a See also:state of anarchy ensued, leading, it is averred, to an arrangement by which the island was administered by a See also:body of five natives, each of whom held the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of governor during the See also:period that elapsed till ten See also:ships touched at the island. In the latter See also:part of the 19th See also:century the authority of Spain was re-established.
End of Article: ANNOBON, or ANNO
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