On The Identity of Weelkes’ ‘Fogo’

• Published in: R.M.A Research Chronicle
• Main Author: Milne, J. G. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1972
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Fogo; Hekla; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14723808.1972.10540856; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080446000000630

Recently I found myself again singing Weelkes' “Thule, the period of cosmography” from the Madrigals of Six Parts published in 1600 and, not for the first time, wondered where Fogo is:- “The Andalusian merchant, that returns Laden with cochineal and China dishes, Reports in Spain how strangely...