That is fitting, for this island, ten and a half miles [17 km] long and six and a half miles [10 km] wide, is 1,200 miles [1,950 km] from the nearest land, the southwest coast of Africa.
Patiesi, sala ir tikai 17 kilometru gara un 10 kilometru plata, un no tuvākās cietzemes, Āfrikas dienvidrietumu krasta, to šķir 1950 kilometru.