Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1920 — Azores Onoe the Object of Scientific Interest Owing to the Volcanic Eruptions [ARTICLE]

Azores Onoe the Object of Scientific Interest Owing to the Volcanic Eruptions

The Azores Islands were made the objects of scientific Interest by the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes while the former were alive. Suboceanic eruptions, sometimes piling up islands which soon disappeared, were characteristic phenomena. The Azores comprise three groups of Islands, their total area being less than that of Rhode Island. Their population Is about 800,000, most of the Inhabitants being Portuguese. About the middle of the fifteenth century the Portuguese sent expeditions to settle on these .islands. One island* Fayal, was presented by Alfonso V of Portugal, to his aunt, Isabella, duchess of Burgundy. It was upon her marriage to Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, that he founded the famous knightly order of the Golden Fleece. Celumbus halted at the Azores on his way home after discovering America, to offer thanks. On Santa Maria is the church where he knelt

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