CHAPTER XXI 
NEW AMSTERDAM AND ST. PAUL 
These Uvo islands, fifty miles apart, rise from a con¬ 
siderable depth in the Ocean, half-way between the Cape 
of Good Hope and South Australia. The history of 
their discovery is not without interest. It seems that 
the northern island, Amsterdam, was first seen on the 
18th of March, 1522, by Sebastian del Cano, but he 
did not make any attempt to land. He determined its 
