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The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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THE DANISH ISLANDS. 55— consist of recent formations ;but not so Bornholm, situated in mid Baltic, southeastfrom the southern extremity of Scania.Geologically this isl<strong>and</strong> belongs to Sweden, for it consists exclusively of oldrocks—s<strong>and</strong>stones <strong>and</strong> schists on a granite foundation. <strong>The</strong> strait separating itfrom Scania is only 22 miles broad, with a depth nowhere exceeding 27 fathoms.Nevertheless Bornholm justlyforms part of Denmark, which formerly includedFig. 24.Bornholm.Scale 1 : 350,000.C Perroqall the southern portion of the great peninsula <strong>its</strong>elf. 'When the Swedes tookpossession of the three provinces of Scania, Hall<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Bleking in 1658,Bornholm also was comprised in the treaty of cession, <strong>and</strong> was occupied by theforeign troops comm<strong>and</strong>ed by Prinzenskjold ; but the people rose, <strong>and</strong> in one nightmassacred all the invaders, except twelve at the time absent from the fortress ofHammershuus. <strong>The</strong>se were the " Bornholm Vespers."f 2

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