Pelew Islands

/ piːˈluː /

plural noun

a former name of (the Republic of) Palau

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Several specimens are in the Banksian Cabinet, from the Pelew Islands.

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These were perhaps the Pelew Islands or the Carolines.

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His story was that on his first visit to the Pelew Islands with Captain Peese, the vessel they owned, a small brigantine, was attacked by the natives in the most daring manner, although the boarding nettings were up and every preparation made to repel them.

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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.

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He hunts buffalo, drives mules, sees his mother in San Francisco, plays Richard III in Hong Kong, listens to a Yoghi in Singapore, tries to write his life in the Pelew Islands, confesses in Mexico, hides in Cuba, runs a saloon in Texas.