Cabrera, one of the Balearic Isles (q.v.), uncultivated, but producing wild olives. Area, 8 sq. m. There is a good harbour, with a fort. The island is used by the Spanish government as a penal settlement, and was crowded with French prisoners during the war in the Peninsula.
Cabrera
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 610
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