1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARGUIN, an island (identified by some writers with Hanno's Cerne), off the west coast of Africa, a little south of Cape Blanco, in 20° 25' N., 16° 37' W. It is some 4 m. long by i\ broad, produces gum-arabic, and is the seat of a lucrative turtle-fishery. Off the island, which was discovered by the Portuguese in the i Sth century, are extensive and very dangerous reefs. Arguin was occupied in turn by Portuguese, Dutch, English and" French; and to France it now belongs. The aridity of the soil and the bad anchorage …
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