Low Archipelago
Britishnoun
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The cliffs of Elizabeth Island, in the Low Archipelago, are eighty feet high, and appear, from Captain Beechey's description, to consist of a homogeneous coral-rock.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
According to a tradition which was communicated to Captain Fitzroy, it is believed in the Low Archipelago, that the arrival of the first ship caused a great inundation, which destroyed many lives.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
“And that they can as easily go to the Low Archipelago as to Tabor Island,” added Herbert.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
Many leagues before us lay Les Isles Dangereux, the Low Archipelago, first stopping-point on our journey to the far cannibal islands yet another thousand miles away across the empty seas.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
From the description of the atolls in the Low Archipelago, given in Captain Beechey's "Voyage," it is not apparent that any conglomerate coral-rock was there observed.
From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles
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