Pelew Islands
Britishplural noun
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Several specimens are in the Banksian Cabinet, from the Pelew Islands.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
These were perhaps the Pelew Islands or the Carolines.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
George had an interesting journal of his adventures in the Pelew Islands, which he had written out at length, in a handsome hand, and in correct English.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
These are all quarried in the Pelew Islands, 200 m. to the south, and are now brought to Yap in European vessels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Caught at one of his old haunts in the Pelew Islands, he was heavily ironed and put on board the cruiser Hernandez Pizarro, for conveyance to Manila, to await trial.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
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