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 king of one of the Friendly Islands became a Christian, and once went on board of a British vessel, where he was invited to dine with the officers.
From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver
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 Kotzebue, Otto von
The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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