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Elba

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Elba

Island in the Mediterranean Sea, 10 km/6 mi off the west coast of Italy; area 223 sq km/86 sq mi; population (2001) 29,100. Iron ore is exported from the island's capital, Portoferraio, to the Italian mainland. There is a fishing industry, olives are grown, and tourism is important. Elba was French emperor Napoleon's place of exile (1814-15).

The island is administratively part of the province of Livorno in Tuscany, and is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Piombino. It is mountainous, its highest peak being Monte Capanne at 1,018 m/3,341 ft, and the coastline is very irregular. The climate is mild and the vegetation rich and varied.

The small uninhabited island of Montecristo, 40 km/25 mi to the south, supplied the title of Alexandre Dumas's hero in his historical romance Le Comte de Monte Cristo/The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-1845). It was made a penal settlement in 1874.

Elba

Town in Howard County, east-central Nebraska; population (1990) 200. It is situated on the North Loup River, 45 km/28 mi northwest of Grand Island. Celebrated baseball star Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887-1950) was born here.
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Scarcely was the captain's breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting any one, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
We were among the islands that dot the course from Genoa to Naples; that was Elba falling back on our starboard quarter, that purple patch with the hot sun setting over it.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
The Allies defeated Napoleon, entered Paris, forced Napoleon to abdicate, and sent him to the island of Elba, not depriving him of the title of Emperor and showing him every respect, though five years before and one year later they all regarded him as an outlaw and a brigand.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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