Friendly Islands
Britishplural noun
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Captain Cook called there in 1773, named them the Friendly Islands, and presented the Tongans with a tortoise, which is still alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rarely far from it, the picture hits rock bottom with a number called The Friendly Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hospitality of the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands borders on a community of goods.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
He had learnt from ships returned from the Friendly Islands, that their King had recently conquered the Navigator Islands, which now paid tribute to him.
From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Otto von Kotzebue
The custom of "tabu" was just as universally practised as in the Friendly Islands, and the natives were always careful to ask if things were "tabu" before they touched them.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
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