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- from Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere because it was at the entrance to that stretch of water where he would regularly meet ships to accompany them. Pelorus Jack...
- Look up pelorus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pelorus may refer to: Pelorus (Sicily), a peninsula of the island of Sicily Pelorus Island, an island...
- instrument was named for one Pelorus, said to have been the pilot for Hannibal, circa 203 BC. Harold Gatty described the use of a pelorus by Polynesians before...
- Pelorus Sound (Māori: Te Hoiere; officially Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere) is the largest of the sounds which make up the Marlborough Sounds at the north...
- million. In 2011, Geffen sold Pelorus to Sheikh Abdullah bin Za**** bin Sultan Al Nahyan for 214 million euros. In 2016, Pelorus was sold to Hong Kong billionaire...
- HMS Pelorus is the designation which has been given to numerous ships of the Royal Navy. HMS Pelorus (1808) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched...
- mythology, Pelorus (Ancient Gr****: Πέλορος) may refer to several distinct characters: Pelorus, also called Peloreus, one of the Giants. Pelorus, also Pelor...
- lost three men killed and four wounded; Pelorus lost three killed and five wounded. In February 1810 Pelorus parti****ted in the capture of Guadeloupe...
- Pelorus Bridge is a tiny locality in Marlborough, in New Zealand's South Island, where the Rai River meets Pelorus River. State Highway 6 crosses the Pelorus...
- their fleet at Pelorus, where they were supported also by a land force. In 396 BCE the Carthaginian general Himilco took post at Pelorus with his fleet...