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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 459 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEVIS , an See also:

island in the See also:British See also:West Indies, forming with St Kitts one of the five presidencies in the See also:colony of the Leeward Islands. Pop. (1901) 12,774. It lies in 17° 14' N. and 62° 33' W., and is separated from St Kitts by a shallow channel 2 M. wide at its narrowest point. In See also:form it is almost See also:round, and from the See also:sea has the See also:appearance of a perfect See also:cone, rising gradually to the height of 3200 ft. Its See also:total See also:area is 50 sq. m. Although the island is subject to severe storms, the See also:climate is healthy, the See also:average temperature being 82° F. See also:Sugar, See also:rum and See also:molasses are exported, and See also:corn, yams, See also:coffee and See also:fruit are grown. There are medicinal springs and large deposits of See also:sulphur. The See also:chief See also:town, See also:Charlestown, lies on a wide See also:bay on the S.W. The legislative See also:council of St Kitts-Nevis meets at Basseterre, the See also:capital of St Kitts. Nevis was discovered by See also:Columbus in 1498 and first colonized in 1628 by the See also:English from St Kitts.

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period of the slave See also:trade it was a leading mart for slaves in the West Indies.

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