Tristan web pages for "History"
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Tristan da Cunha Flotsam and Jetsam: The Brass Fish Figure found at Blenden Hall, Inaccessible Island https://www.tristandc.com/newsjack-sbrassfish.php, 20 July 2022 A brass fish figure found on Blenden Hall beach by Tristan islander Jack Green on 24th March 2007 has been identified as possibly being from a ship's bell. |
Tristan da Cunha News: Auction of Vintage Photos of 1939 Visit to Tristan https://www.tristandc.com/news/news-2018-10-02-photos-auction.php, 5 October 2018 A group of 59 negatives and 55 small prints of photos taken during the visit of the RMS Viceroy of India in 1939 was auctioned in South Cerney, near Cirencester, on 4th Oct. 2018. |
Tristan da Cunha History News: All hands' things: the endangered archives of Tristan da Cunha https://www.tristandc.com/news-2017-10-29-all-hands-things.php, 29 October 2017 Report on progress with a project to gather and preserve the island's historical archivals. |
Tristan da Cunha History https://www.tristandc.com/historyhome.php, 24 January 2015 Tristan was discovered in 1506 but not permanently settled until 1817. Its fortunes waxed and waned with the age of sail. The island was temporarily evacuated following a volcanic eruption in 1961, but now is a thriving modern community. |