islands

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The false widow species is said to originate from Madeira and the Canary Islands and was first seen in southern England in 1879.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Britain kept control of the Chagos Islands after Mauritius gained independence in the 1960s.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Many of the vessels that cross the strait fly common shipping flags such as those of Panama, the Marshall Islands, and Malta.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

A man has died and 27 others have been injured after a bus carrying British tourists crashed into a ravine in La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, local emergency services have said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

We hear of Foraging Raids on the Islands — Deer Island, Pettick’s Island, a Mansion burned, Cattle conducted to Shore — but no more than that.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson