Gambier Islands
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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Soon other colonies followed: the five dots of French territory in India; in the Pacific, New Caledonia, Tahiti, the Gambier Islands, Tuamotu, the Marquesas and Austral Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ere a year had passed a trading captain bound to the Gambier Islands had given him a small stock of trade goods, and the thought of Doris had been his salvation.
From By Reef and Palm by Becke, Louis
The group in the Pacific Ocean called the Gambier Islands are but thinly inhabited, but possess a good harbour.
From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various
He had studied in Paris, been governor of the Gambier Islands, and at last had made his final home among the palms and orchids of these forgotten isles.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Vessels from Adelaide, bound to Boston Bay, after arriving at Althorpe's Island, should shape a course so as to pass between the Gambier Islands and Thistle's Islands.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles
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