Friendly Islands
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Rarely far from it, the picture hits rock bottom with a number called The Friendly Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Captain Cook remained at the Friendly Islands nearly three months, and lived almost entirely during that period upon fresh provisions, occasionally eating the produce of the seeds he had sown there in his former visits.
From Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages by Anonymous
Tonga: The archipelago of "The Friendly Islands" was united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
He called himself king of all the Friendly Islands.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
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