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Necker Island is located at latitude 18.55 north and longitude 64.35 west in the eastern section of the British Virgin Islands.It is about 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Virgin Gorda and north-east of Prickly Pear Island and also Mosquito Island (sometimes spelled Moskito Island), which is also owned by Branson.
In 1776 Samuel Nottingham, a Quaker, manumitted 25 slaves and gave them 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of land in Long Look in Tortola, directing them to cultivate it for the common good. Quakers were prominent in the abolition movement ; Nottingham's action pre-dates the foundation of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade by more ...
Nanny Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.It is made up of three cays originally known as Big Cay, Little Cay and Miss Peggy Cay. [1] In the 1970s these were consolidated into a single land mass for a marina and resort development.
Frenchman's Cay is connected to the main island of Tortola by a very short bridge to Tortola's West end. The bridge was demolished and rebuilt by the government of the British Virgin Islands in 2022. [1] This cay is approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) long and about 500 yd (460 m) wide. Frenchman's Cay has a number of houses, restaurants, a yacht ...
Peter Island is a 720 hectares (1,800 acres) [1] private island located in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west (195 degrees true) from Road Town, Tortola.
Buck Island was purchased and developed by Carl & Sharon Nilsen from 1998-2008. [1] The couple spent 10 years building the roads and multi-structure buildings that resemble a castle made from the natural stones on the property.
Tortola (/ t ɔːr ˈ t oʊ l ə /) is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. [2] It has a surface area of 55.7 square kilometres (21.5 square miles) with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in Road Town .
Lloyd and his crew were later arrested in St. Eustatius, but word of the treasure spread, and residents of Tortola went to Norman Island and dug it up for themselves. Part of the booty was later recovered by Gilbert Fleming, Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands at the time, who travelled to Tortola with two companies of soldiers.