Veld: Veld, (Afrikaans: âfieldâ) name given to various types of open country in Southern Africa that is used for pasturage and farmland. To most South African farmers today the
Introduction-Book of Revelation. The Apostle John is the author of the Book of Revelation. He wrote it when he was about 92 years old, while a prisoner of Rome on the remote desert penal colony of Patmos, an island in the Aegean Sea.Patmos was a quarry mine for the Roman Empire, and was home to many political and religious prisoners or slaves.ohn, the beloved apostle of Jesus, was being held as a prisoner of Rome on this island for his incessant preaching about Jesus. Rome believed that banishing the old man John to the remote and forsaken island of Patmos, that his voice would be quieted.
When Cabot went ashore, he reportedly saw signs of habitation but no people. He took possession of the land for King Henry, but hoisted both the English and Venetian flags. Cabot explored the area and named various features of the region, including Cape Discovery, Island of St. John, St. Georgeâs Cape, Trinity Islands and Englandâs Cape. These may correspond to modern-day places located around what became known as Cabot Strait, the 60-mile-wide channel running between southwestern Newfoundland and northern Cape Breton Island.