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See also:IVIZA, IBIZA or Iv19A, an See also:island in the Mediterranean See also:Sea, belonging to See also:Spain, and forming See also:part of the See also:archipelago known as the Balearic Islands (q.v.). Pop. (1900) 23,524; See also:area 228 sq. m. Iviza lies 5o m. S.W. of See also:Majorca and about 6o m. from Cape See also:San See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin on the See also:coast of Spain. Its greatest length from See also:north-See also:east to See also:south-See also:west is about 25 M. and its greatest breadth about 13 M. The coast is indented by numerous small bays, the See also:principal of which are those of San See also:Antonio on the north-west, and of Iviza on the south-east. Of all the Balearic See also:group, Iviza is the most varied in its scenery and the most fruitful. The hilly parts which culminate in the See also:Pico de Atalayasa (1560 ft.), are richly wooded. The See also:climate is for the most part mild and agreeable, though the hot winds from the See also:African coast are sometimes troublesome. Oil, See also:corn and fruits (of which the most important are the fig, prickly See also:pear, See also:almond and carob-See also:bean) are the principal products; See also:hemp and See also:flax are also grown, but the inhabitants are rather indolent, and their modes of culture are very See also:primitive. There are numerous See also:salt-pans along the coast, which were formerly worked by the See also:Spanish See also:government. See also:Fruit, salt, See also:char-See also:coal, See also:lead and stockings of native manufacture are exported. The imports are See also:rice, See also:flour, See also:sugar, woollen goods and See also:cotton. The See also:capital of the island, and, indeed, the only See also:town of much importance—for the See also:population is remarkably scattered—is Iviza or La See also:Ciudad (6527), a fortified town on the south-east coast, consisting of a See also:lower and upper portion, and possessing a See also:good See also:harbour, a 13th-See also:century See also:Gothic collegiate See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and an See also:ancient See also:castle. Iviza was the see of a See also:bishop from 1782 to 1851.
South of Iviza lies the smaller and more irregular island of Formentera (pop., 1900, 2243; area, 37 sq. m.), which is said to derive its name from the See also:production of See also:wheat. With Iviza it agrees both in See also:general See also:appearance and in the See also:character of its products, but it is altogether destitute of streams. Goats and See also:sheep are found in the mountains, and the coasts are greatly frequented by flamingoes. Iviza and Formentera are the principal islands of the lesser or western Balearic group, formerly known as the Pityusae or See also:Pine Islands.
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