Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) Admiral Manuel António Marreiros. On 6 July, receiving news of the victory, Dom Pedro named Napier as Viscount Cape St Vincent in the peerage of Portugal. Immediately afterwards his fleet was ravaged by cholera (which was raging on mainland Portugal), with appalling loss of life, but he was able to bring it safe into Lisbon, which the Miguelistas had precipitately abandoned after being defeated by Terceira’s army advancing from the south at the Battle of Almada. Napier visited Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker of the British navy who was in the vicinity of the Tagus, and was received according to his
Cape Vincent (village), New York the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Census Bureau, Cape Vincent has a total area of , of which , or 3.31%, are water. The village is on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. A seasonal ferry connects the village to Point Alexandria on Wolfe Island in Ontario, Canada, from Cape Vincent across the southern channel of the St. Lawrence. New York State Route 12E passes through the village center, leading northeast (downstream) along the St. Lawrence to Clayton and southeast to Watertown, the Jefferson county seat. As of the census of 2000, there