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Years ago, in the days when the whaleships from Nantucket, and Salem, and Martha's Vineyard, and New Bedford cruised northward towards the cold seas of Japan and Tchantar Bay, and the smoky glare of their tryworks lit up the ocean at night, the Gilberts were a wild place, and many a murderous scene was enacted on white beach and shady palm grove.
The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884
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[Sidenote: The sound where our ships did ride was called Gilberts Sound.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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He probably cites Prof. "Gilberts" as his favorite law professor.
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He probably cites Prof. "Gilberts" as his favorite law professor.
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We were wrecked three times -- in the Gilberts, in the
THE HEATHEN 2010
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We were wrecked three times -- in the Gilberts, in the Santa Cruz group, and in the
THE HEATHEN 2010
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When I asked the Gilberts what advice they would give to people contemplating a move to Mexico, Jenn said, Too many people move to Mexico because the cost of living can be so much less than north of the border.
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When I asked the Gilberts what advice they would give to people contemplating a move to Mexico, Jenn said, Too many people move to Mexico because the cost of living can be so much less than north of the border.
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And on the long stretch across to the Gilberts he still pounded.
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Uncle Toby from the Gilberts to New Guinea, and trying to find my longitude.
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