The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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... ISLAND THE MARIANA , OR LADRONE ISLANDS ANSON AND MAGELLAN ARCHIPELAGOES THE CAROLINE , Pelew , and ELLICE ISLANDS THE MARSHALL AND KINGSMILL GROUPS ... THE SOLOMON ISLES , NEW BRITAIN , NEW IRELAND , NEW HANOVER , AND THE ADMI- RALTY ...
... ISLAND THE MARIANA , OR LADRONE ISLANDS ANSON AND MAGELLAN ARCHIPELAGOES THE CAROLINE , Pelew , and ELLICE ISLANDS THE MARSHALL AND KINGSMILL GROUPS ... THE SOLOMON ISLES , NEW BRITAIN , NEW IRELAND , NEW HANOVER , AND THE ADMI- RALTY ...
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... islands , but are unknown in the Society and other groups to the eastward . Two species of goat - sucker ( Podargus ) and several parrots are found in New Guinea , and among the Admiralty and Solomon islands fruit pigeons and beautiful ...
... islands , but are unknown in the Society and other groups to the eastward . Two species of goat - sucker ( Podargus ) and several parrots are found in New Guinea , and among the Admiralty and Solomon islands fruit pigeons and beautiful ...
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... islands . It is Tahiti which Byron calls- 66 The happy shores without a law . Where all partake the earth without dispute , And bread itself is gather'd as a fruit ; Where none contest the fields , the woods , the streams . The godless ...
... islands . It is Tahiti which Byron calls- 66 The happy shores without a law . Where all partake the earth without dispute , And bread itself is gather'd as a fruit ; Where none contest the fields , the woods , the streams . The godless ...
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