Ascension Island - online newspapers

About Ascension Island :Ascension Island was discovered in 1501 by the Portuguese seafarer Jo?o da Nova Castella, (although this visit apparently went unrecorded) and "found again" 2 years later on Ascension Day by Alphonse d'Albuquerque, who gave the island its name. which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa.