[Dominica], W. Indies. 15N. 61W. Discovered by Columbus on a Sunday (hence its name) in 1493; Sir J. Hawkins at, 1565, 1568; taken by English, 1761, and ceded to them by Treaty of Paris, 1763; taken by French and restored to England, 1770, 1783; attempts by French on, 1795 and 1805; negro insurrection, 1802.
Dominican Republic, see [Santo Domingo].
Dorchester, near Boston, Mass. 42N. 71W. Bp. of J. Lothrop Motley, historian (1814-77).
Dranesville, Fairfax Co., Virginia. 38N. 76W. Confederates defeated, 1861 (Civil W.).
[Durango] (Ciudad de Victoria, or Guadiana), Mexico. 24N. 104W. F. by Velasco, 1559.
Dustin's Island, Merrimac River, near Concord, N.H. 42N. 71W. So called from Hannah Dustin, who escaped with her two companions from the Indians, after killing and scalping their captors, 1697.
Duxbury, Mass. 42N. 70W. Ocean telegraph from Brest terminates at this point; here died in 1687 John Alden, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, commemorated by Longfellow in his 'Courtship of Miles Standish.'
Easter Island (Davis's Land), Pacific. 27S. 109W. Discovered by Davis, 1686; Roggewein at, 1722; Cook at, 1774.
Eastport, Moose Island, Passamaquoddy Bay. 45N. 67W. Surrendered to British squadron, 1814.
East Windsor, Conn. 41N. 72W. Bp. Jonathan Edwards, theologian (1703-58), and of Lorrin Andrews, missionary and Hawaiian scholar (1795-1868).