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Encyclopedia Britannica



NEVIS

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 459 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NAN-NEW
NEVIS , an
island
  in the British West Indies, forming with St Kitts one of the five presidencies in the 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 form it is almost round, and from the
sea has the
appearance
  of a perfect
cone
 , rising gradually to the height of 3200 ft. Its total area is 50 sq. m. Although the
island
  is subject to severe storms, the climate is healthy, the
average
  temperature being 82 F. Sugar, rum and molasses are exported, and corn, yams, coffee and fruit are grown. There are medicinal springs and large deposits of
sulphur
 . The
chief
  town,
Charlestown
 , lies on a wide bay on the S.W. The legislative council of St Kitts-Nevis meets at Basseterre, the
capital
  of St Kitts. Nevis was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and first colonized in 1628 by the English from St Kitts. During the period of the slave
trade
  it was a leading mart for slaves in the West Indies.


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