"HMS Antelope” at
Election of a New Sovereign

Antique wood engraved print, 1854

One Island, multiple Names
The Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó, the first European to visit the island in 1472 named it (Beautiful Flower), but in 1494 it was renamed by Europeans as and later the name of the island is changed from Pó to Póo, so the islands Name was . Under the Africanization policy of dictator Masie Nguema Biyogo it was renamed Island. The island's native name in the Bube language is . The modern name is .

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