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Nicobar Islands
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A group of picturesque islands in the Indian Ocean, S. of the Andaman Islands and midway between Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula; 14 of the 20 islands are inhabited, chiefly by indigenous Indians and Malays; after being in the hands of Denmark for upwards of 100 years, they were annexed by Britain in 1869; trade is carried on with India in cocoa-nuts, ambergris, tortoise-shell, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nicobar Islands'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/nicobar-islands.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nicobar Islands'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/nicobar-islands.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
