Ladrone Islands
Britishplural noun
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Half-hour later, as the liner scudded over swampy Chinese delta lands, eleven Japanese planes came tearing in from the direction of the Ladrone Islands, and Pilot Woods promptly ducked into a cloud.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a welcome sight to Magellan and his crew when, one day in March, nearly 400 years ago, they beheld the verdant and beautifully sloping hills of the Ladrone Islands.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
On the way out from San Francisco to Manila some American ships called at the Ladrone Islands and brought the Spanish garrison of about 40 men prisoners.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
We remained a week or more, however, after killing the last huge whale which had cost us so much trouble, without seeing another, when the captain determined to steer for the Ladrone Islands.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by James Durden
It was in March, 1710, that Rogers brought his little fleet into the harbour of Guam, one of the Ladrone Islands.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse
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