Gilolo

American  

[jahy-loh-loh, ji-] / dʒaɪˈloʊ loʊ, dʒɪ- /

noun

1. Halmahera.

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Gilolo British  

/ dʒaɪˈləʊləʊ, dʒɪ- /

noun

1. See Halmahera

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Gilolo

The former, he says, have New Guinea as a center of population and extend as far as Gilolo and the Moluccas.

From Negritos of Zambales by William Allan Reed

Then he sent to Terrenate, at the instance of the king of Gilolo, to demand from the Portuguese the Castilian artillery in that island.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

The wind then veered to N.W. by N. on which we stood east till noon, when we tackt to westwards, and had sight of Gilolo, a long land.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

It will be seen that the Spanish map claims Gilolo and the other Spice Islands, such as Ternate, Tidor, Batchian, etc., since they are set down, in the western half of the world.

From The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. by George Collingridge

Captain Schouten now shaped a course, intending to go round the north point of Gilolo, and, having touched at Soppy, anchored on the 5th off the coast of that island.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston

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