. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. Oto5 Fathoms. 5 to 10 Fathoms. 10 Fathoms and upwards. 9 Sliles. trated into this magnificent channel in 1515, was followed ten years later by Sebas- tian Cabot ; but the caj)ital of the island, which afterwards became the capital of the State, was not founded till 1650. The exile, Velho Monteiro, gave his settlement the name of Nossa Senhom do Desterro, " Our Lady of Exile," while the island was named Santa Catharina from one of his daughters.

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