Excerpt from Corsica; Picturesque, Historical and Social: With a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, and an Account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo Di Borgo, and Other Principal Families The original name of the island was Corsica, and the subse quent designation, Cyrnus. The former was derived from Cor-ans, a son of Hercules, and brother of Sardus, who intro duecd colonies into the islands named after them. Some sup pose Corsus to have been a Trojan, who carried 05 Sica, a niece of Dido, and that the name of Corsica thus arose. This is the story of John della Grossa, the most ancient Corsican chronicler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.