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The naval battle at Cape Palos (a Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares is sunk by Republican destroyers).
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However, it 8 has other islands deeper within its own tides, which are called the Baleares; and yet another, Mevania, besides the Orcades, thirty-three in number, though not all inhabited.
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes
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The Baleares were the islands of Majorca, Minorca, and Iviza, in the Mediterranean, near the coast of Spain.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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From this practice, these islands were called Baleares and Gymnasiæ, by the
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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I believe he has shaken his fist at Lipara and roared lustily at the Baleares, but the east coast of Spain remains firmly in the hands of Sertorius's pirate allies, and Liguria is untamed.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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I am sure some of the guests from Baleares, the Canary Islands, and other countries are asking this question.
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As uncompromising as their island are the Baleares -- the Slingers -- who kept invaders, Roman, Saxon and Dane, for long at a respectful distance with the ammunition that lay close at their feet.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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The two Carthaginian generals now in Spain, Mago, and Hasdrubal, the son of Gisco, retired, the latter to Lusitania, the former to the Baleares, to wait for reinforcements from home.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell
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He could have had his big cruisers, the Canarias and the Baleares, lie offshore and make that road impossible.
The Tragedy of Spain 1937
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It seemed to bring all the shores of the Mediterranean within his reach, Baleares and Corsica, Barbary and Spain.
The Rover 1923
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