Marie Galante
Americannoun
noun
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A parliamentary undersecretary located the French Atlantic island of Marie Galante as "near Tahiti," which is in the Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a small engagement at Dominica, Admiral Rodney by a skillful ruse brought on a battle with the French between Guadeloupe, Saintes and Marie Galante.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
In 1825 a hurricane destroyed the town of Basse-Terre, and Grand Bourg in Marie Galante suffered a like fate in 1865.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, and the Saintes surrendered in April, but after struggles which showed that the Republicans, backed by mulattoes and blacks, were formidable foes.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
After we had been weeded out, interviewed and rigorously questioned, Norris had taken us into the hangar, waved a hand toward the Marie Galante and explained the details.
From The Long Voyage by Carl Richard Jacobi
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