The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . OrseJTayureV-^ Manners J-C. SolomonGr^ dArlet ^d&TaPraii-ie^PfkuVaucUf, Petite Anse duJ***^ . MARTINIQUE ( French ) % ^ DesTiaYe Ferry Ph PoznteJFoire P.* G&yavel. °S Pige-onA Zezard P?\ BoviRa MarquLsP:\ JSaj-que Cov\ lesUabi Corps de Garde 1 man lei Basse iCALE OF ENGLISH MILES <*,:. DEPENDENCIES OF GUADELOUPE 359 Basse Terre division of the island expeditions can bemade to the Soufriere, passing the warm baths of BainsJaunes en route, and to
The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . OrseJTayureV-^ Manners J-C. SolomonGr^ dArlet ^d&TaPraii-ie^PfkuVaucUf, Petite Anse duJ***^ . MARTINIQUE ( French ) % ^ DesTiaYe Ferry Ph PoznteJFoire P.* G&yavel. °S Pige-onA Zezard P?\ BoviRa MarquLsP:\ JSaj-que Cov\ lesUabi Corps de Garde 1 man lei Basse iCALE OF ENGLISH MILES <*,:. DEPENDENCIES OF GUADELOUPE 359 Basse Terre division of the island expeditions can bemade to the Soufriere, passing the warm baths of BainsJaunes en route, and to the baths of Dole (10 kil., i| hoursfrom Basse Terre), and Sofaia. In Pointe-a-Pitre, the chief commercial centre of theisland, the only sights are the Usine dArbaussier andthe small Musee LHerminier, which is devoted to naturalhistory. LA DESIRADE, MARIE GALANTE, LES SAINTES,ST. MARTIN, ST. BARTHOLOMEW GENERAL ASPECT. Guadeloupe has several depen-dencies, namely, La Desirade, 6 miles to the east, withan area of 10 square miles; Marie Galante, 16 miles to thesouth-east; Les Saintes, a former strategic position ofgreat importance, which gave their name to the great seafight between Rodney and de Grassein 1782 (see page 348),7 miles to the south part of St. Martin (see page 375) ; andSt. Bartholomew, a description of which is given Galante was discovered by Columbus in 1493, andnamed by him after his ship. It was fi
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