But why is the geographical position of this alluring archipelago not given?

Launched, at last, Uplift on powerful wings, I veer and float Past sunlit isles of cloud, that dot with light The boundless archipelago of sky.

The land on which we were appeared to be the south-westernmost island of a considerable archipelago; and the land to the eastward was observed to be rocky and high, in comparison to the low sandy country we had been lately passing.

I was soon to be in those enchanted archipelagoes, and to see for myself those mighty swimmers and those sleepers upon the sea.

From all accounts, the natives are of Malay origin, and allied to those of the other islands of the extensive archipelago of the Eastern Seas; but the population of the towns and cities of the island are so mixed, from the constant intercourse with Chinese, Europeans, and others, that there is no pure blood among them.

" They moved about the front rooms, filled with trophies from the deep, a Nantucketer's treasuresbits of pottery from China, weavings from the Indies, lacquers from Japanover all, spicy reminders of far archipelagoes, and the clean fragrance of cedar.

The original race by which the Philippines are peopled, is beyond doubt Malayan, and the same that is observed in Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the other islands of this immense archipelago.

Weighing anchor, we were shortly wafted by the westerly tide and a light air towards that beautiful island, which lay in the midst of its little archipelago; and as we were brought nearer and nearer, we came to the conclusion that in our many wanderings we had seen nothing to be compared to this enchanting spot.

Twice they anchored near the island of Tenedos, seeing the movable archipelago of ironclads enveloped in floating veils of smoke.

To America belongs the honor of opening that opulent archipelago to the commerce of the world.

Europe, including Russia and including also the Polar archipelagos, covers an area of a little more than ten million square kilometres.

we hold the golden key of a splendid Asiatic archipelago of a thousand beautiful and richly endowed islands in our grip.

The British authorities in New South Wales had all along, perforce, been keeping their eye on this troublesome archipelago in the south-east.

The conquest of the Philippines by the Spaniards has not been complete as a military achievement or the enforcement of the adoption of customs and costumes according to the habits and taste of the conquerors, who have nibbled at the edges of the vast archipelago, greater in its length and breadth and its natural riches than the West Indies.