Tortola
Americannoun
noun
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Meanwhile, Tortola is part of the British Virgin Islands, which abolished slavery in 1834.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Unemployed, with a wife and kids to support, Rosbach spotted an ad at the dive shop for a mate to help deliver a boat to Tortola — no experience necessary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
After a career as a consultant for the maritime industry all over the world, Ebers bought his French-made catamaran in Tortola and sailed across the Caribbean to Panama.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
Freedom from devices is encouraged, from the moment guests board the fancy catamaran in Tortola for the 20-minute sail to the resort’s secluded bay on Virgin Gorda.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2020
We ran northward up the magnificent land-locked channel between Tortola and Virgin Gorda, to pass to leeward of Virgin Gorda and Anegada, and so northward toward the Gulf Stream.
From At Last by Charles Kingsley
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