Islands

The group of islands was called Howe's Islands, but were particularly distinguished by the names of Barrington's, Sawyer's, Hotham's, and

Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards

The islands, which I called Murray's Islands, are four in number, two of them are of considerable height and may be seen twelve leagues.

Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards

In the evening, we steered for those islands which we supposed were called the Prince of Wales's Islands; and about two o'clock in the morning, came to an anchor with a grappling, along side of an island, which we called Laforey's Island.

Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards

On December 12 they saw two large islands, which Cook named Prince Edward's Islands; and three days afterwards several others were seen; but having made Kerguelen's Land, they anchored in a convenient harbor on Christmas day.

Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages Anonymous

The other islands, between these and the heads, are called Garden, Shark's, and Clark's Islands.

The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) David Dickinson Mann

Hauled upon the wind, seeing our passage obstructed, and stood off and on, under an easy sail in the night, till daylight; and in the morning bore away, and discovered four islands, to which the name of Murray's Islands was given.

Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards

So slow were they in sinking that the cattle and sheep that pastured on the islands were taken off in boats and the people who lived in villages on the Islands came away with all they owned.

The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926

The next land seen was a small group of islands, named Shepherd's Islands, “in honour of my worthy friend, the Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge”; and Mr. Forster complains that Cook's

The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

'On with th' dance, 'he says. An' afther awhile, whin he gits tired iv th 'game, he'll write home an' say he's got the islands; an 'he'll tur-rn thim over to th' gover'mint an 'go back to his ship, an' Mark Hanna'll organize th 'F'lip-ine Islands

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Soon after leaving Lembarene Island, we pass the mouth of the chief southern affluent of the Ogowe, the Ngunie; it flows in unostentatiously from the E.S.E., a broad, quiet river here with low banks and two islands (Walker's Islands) showing just off its entrance.

Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881