...denominated windward according to their easterly, and leeward according to their westerly, position. GENERAL HISTORY. — The early discovery of Barbadoes...swine and plants on the isle, and abandoned it. In 1 605, an English ship, the Olive, returning from Guinea, accidentally touched at Barbadoes, landed...

....19. 41. W. extending about 22 miles in length and 14 in breadth, with a surface of 106,470 acres. II. The early discovery of Barbadoes is involved in obscurity;...number of fig trees which from their spreading branches were1 likened to luxuriant beards. The original discoverers left some swine and plants on the isle...

...Barbadoes is involved in obscurity ; the island remained unknown and unnoticed for a century alter the discoveries of Columbus, and the first indication...which from their spreading branches were likened to luxuriant beards. The original discoverers left some swine and plants on the isle and abandoned it....

...indication of its existence in the charts of European navigators, was AD IfiOO. It is said to bave been first visited by the Portuguese, who, finding...uninhabited, and rude in appearance, named the isle IMS KurlMiilo», or as some say in référence to the number of tig trees which from their spreading...

...noticed on the charts of European navigators. By no hostile force has Barbadoes ever been captured. It is said to have been first visited by the Portuguese, who named it Los Barbados, from the number of fig trees — whose- branches were likened to luxurious beards....

...of Barbados is not known, but the earliest indication of its existence in the charts was in 1600. It said to have been first visited by the Portuguese,...and rude in appearance, named the isle Los Barbados, from the number of bearded figtrees which they found. In 1625 Sir William Courteen, a London merchant,...

...discovery of Barhados is not known, but the first indication of its existence in the charts was in 1600. It is said to have been first visited by the Portuguese, who finding it uninhahited and rude in appearance, named the isle Los Barhados, from the number of bearded fig trees...

...discovery of Barbados is not known, but the first ind:. cation of its existence in the charts was in 1600. It is said to have been first visited by the...rude in appearance , named the Isle Los Barbados, from the number of bearded fig-trees which they found, and then abandoned it. In 1625 Sir William Courteen,...

...with branching arms and multiplied stems, form pleasant natural arbours. Montgomery Martin says, " The early discovery of Barbadoes is involved in obscurity...which from their spreading branches were likened to luxuriant beards. The original discoverers left some plants and swine on the isle and abandoned it....

...Church of England schools, and thirty- two private schools. BARBADOS. Said to have been discovered by the Portuguese, who, finding it uninhabited and rude in appearance, named it the isle Los Barbados from the number of bearded figtrees found there. It was taken possession of...