ST. VINCENT, CAPE

ST. VINCENT, CAPE
   a lofty and rugged headland in the extreme SW. of Portugal, off which have been fought several naval battles, the most memorable being the great victory on February 14, 1797, when Jervis and Nelson annihilated the Franco-Spanish fleet.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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