It reached its height of population of over 9,000 when numerous Boer prisoners were held there in 1901.
Edmond Halley came to this place in 1676 to set up a telescope near Saint Mathew's Church. An Irish surgeon named Barry Edward O'Meara wrote a book about his time on this island, claiming that its governor was nothing but an "executioner." This island has a non-American Jamestown and was an important supply port for English East India Company ships on return voyages to Britain. A person who lived on this island frequently complained about Governor Hudson Lowe and resided in (*) Longwood House. It reached its height of population of over 9,000 when numerous Boer prisoners were held there in 1901. This island's most famous resident was taken there aboard the Bellerophon after the failure of the Hundred Days. For 10 points, name this Atlantic island, the final place of exile for Napoleon.
Edmond Halley came to this place in 1676 to set up a telescope near Saint Mathew's Church.
Saint Helena