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
The boat need proceed no further westward than St. Kitts, because the steamer from Barbadoes had carried forward the Tortola mails.
From A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World by MacQueen, James
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