Faroe Islands
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Faroe Islands. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a group of 22 islands belonging to Denmark, in the Northern Ocean, between lat. 61° 15′ and 62° 21' N., and lon. 6° and 8° E.: about 185 miles N. W. of the Shetland Isles, and 320 S. E. of Iceland; area 530 square miles; pop. (1901) 15,230. The principal island, Stromoe, in the center, is 27 miles long by about 7 broad; the chief of the others are Osteroe, Vaagoe, Bordoe, Sandoe, and Suderoe. Only 17 of the islands are inhabited. Each of these islands is a lofty mountain rising out of the waves, and divided from the others by deep and rapid currents. The highest point, Skoelling, in Stromoe, has an altitude of 2,240 feet. Some of the group are deeply indented with deep and secure harbors; all are steep and most of them present, seaward, a succession of sheer precipices. pices. Soil, thin, sa but tolerably fertile: barley is almost the only cereal grown. Products, hay in large quantities, salted mutton, tallow, feathers, eiderdown, etc. Manufactures, coarse woolen stuffs, and stockings. Vast quantities of sea-fowl haunt the rocks, the taking of which for the sake of their feathers affords a perilous employment to the inhabitants. Capital, Thorshavn, at the S. E. end of Stromoe. These is lands are under the jurisdiction of a Danish governor, and have belonged to Denmark since the union of that kingdom with Norway in the 14th century.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a group of twenty-two islands situated in the Atlantic between the Shetlands and Iceland on the sixty-second degree of north latitude. Area, 540 square miles. Population (1906), 16,349. The group belongs to Denmark. The language is a dialect of the Norse. The shores of the islands are precipitous. The climate permits hardy ponies and cattle to run out the year around. Barley, turnips, and potatoes are cultivated. The inhabitants gather the eggs and feathers of seafowl from the cliffs, engage in fishing, and raise sheep. Two representatives are sent to the Danish Parliament.