Low Archipelago
Britishnoun
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This was the island of Tatakotoroa—also known as Narcissus, or Clarke Island—to the eastward of the Paumotu or Low Archipelago of the South Seas.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
“Is not the Low Archipelago nearest us in latitude,” asked Herbert.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
I stayed once at Rotoava—in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia—while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
From By Reef and Palm by Becke, Louis
We touched at Bow Island in the Low Archipelago, Maitea and Tahiti in the Society Islands, and Hawaii and Oahu in the Sandwich group.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
This island is a likeness on a grand scale to the Gambier group in the Low Archipelago.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
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