Selvagem Pequena Island (800 by 500 metres (2,600 ft × 1,600 ft)) is an island in the southeast group of the Savage Islands , Madeira , Portugal . It is the southernmost major island of Portugal (excluding islets). Its fauna and flora are well-preserved due to lack of human interference.
2-612: In the 1890 book The Cruise of the Alerte , the island was called the 'Great Piton'. It has an active lighthouse. This Madeira location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European lighthouse -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Cruise of the Alerte The Cruise of the Alerte: The Narrative of a Search for Treasure on
4-521: The Desert Island of Trinidad (1890) is a travel narrative by Edward Frederick Knight . In 1889, Knight sailed to Trindade in a 64-foot yawl named the Alerte . At the time, it was the only detailed written account of the island. Arthur Ransome used the descriptions from Knight's book as a basis for the geographical features of Crab Island in his book Peter Duck , except that he set
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