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Sao Tome and Principe

Arthur Eddington watched the eclipse of 29 May 1919 from a cocoa plantation on Príncipe. His photographs of starlight bending past the Sun helped make Einstein world famous.

Where its story happens

Roça Sundy, Príncipe, at 1.67°N, 7.38°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Sao Tome and Principe

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Sao Tome and Principe, two islands in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon. See Sao Tome and Principe on a map.
  2. It is made up of two main islands in the Gulf of Guinea, and the equator clips its southern tip.
  3. It is Africa's second-smallest country, and its official language is Portuguese.
  4. In the early 1900s these small islands were the biggest producer of cocoa in the world.
  5. In 1919 astronomers on one of its islands photographed an eclipse to test Einstein's new theory of gravity.

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