Tristan da Cunha

» A detailed history of Tristan da Cunha
   A detailed history of Tristan da Cunha, discovered in 1506, garissoned in 1816 and currently the most remote inhabited island in the world. The site covers the garissoning of the island in some detail, along with the "West Riding" disaster an

   
   http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/tristan_da_cunha/tristan_history.html

» Augustus Earle Exhibition : Tristan da Cunha
   Earle was stranded there in March 1824 when his ship, the Duke of Gloucester, inexplicably set sail without him. (Many of his South American watercolours presumably disappeared at that time as well.) It was fortunate that Earle had taken painting equipmen

   
   http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/earle/tristan.html

» First postcode for remote UK isle
   The BBC tells the tale of how Tristan Da Cunha acquired the postcode TDCU 1ZZ.

   
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4129636.stm

» Replica Longboats
   Another site selling replica longboats

   
   http://seagifts.com/seagifts/tristandacunha.html

» The Annals of Tristan da Cunha
   A fascinating record of the history of Tristan from 1506 to 1926, written by Professor Arnaldo Faustini. It contains details of all ships calling at the island, detailed censuses and all major historical events. Downloadable in Adobe .PDF format

   
   http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/tristan_da_cunha/annals_main.html

» Tristan Times
   The island's online newspaper.

   
   http://www.tristantimes.com/

» Tristan da Cunha
   Barry Weaver's Tristan page contains both a history of the island and a short bibliography. It's part of his South Atlantic Islands site.

   
   http://www.gcn.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/sh-rms.htm

» Tristan da Cunha Group and Gough Island
   Some notes on the plant species of Tristan and Gough

   
   http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/subantarctic/tristan_da_cunha_group_and_gough.htm