Sandalwood Island

noun

1. the former name for Sumba

Example Sentences

The Dutch, who opened the East Indies in the 1600s to the spice trade, called Sumba ‘‘Sandalwood Island.’’

From New York Times

If, on the other hand, the crew acceded to my conditions, and I was to remain in the ship, to call at Port Louis would be deviating but a mere trifle from a straight course for the east end of Sandalwood Island, whence I would pass through Maurissa Strait and go over, as nearly as might be, the ground that Barber was said to have travelled before he struck the spot where he was supposed to have found the treasure.

From Project Gutenberg

Gold dust, I understand, is also procurable at Sandalwood Island and New Hebrides.

From Project Gutenberg

Sunda Islands, a name sometimes applied to the long chain of islands stretching SE. from the Malay Peninsula to North Australia, including Sumatra, Timor, &c., but more correctly designates the islands Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sandalwood Island, &c., which lie between Java and Timor, are under Dutch suzerainty, and produce the usual East Indian products.

From Project Gutenberg