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Pearl Bed Rediscovered In Half Moon Island Tale
Barton Cortice and partners pursue a legendary pearl island after receiving a map and his recollections. A Singapore voyage leads to Half Moon Island near Borneo where divers yield a vast pearl bed. They fend off Malay pirates and return with riches while Cortice confirms his extraordinary memory proved.
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Barton Cortice
Cortice
London
Lord Westbury Wayne
Marquis of
Scarsdale
Retta Cortice
Barton
Lady Blanche
Lord Wayne
John Dare
Malcolm Forbes
Alling
Westbury Wayne
Polynesia
Forbes
Indian
Pacific Ocean
Eland
lCortice
Bart
Wayne
Pye
Ing
Cartice
Pearl Island
Old Man
Hongkong
Labuan
Singapore
Trincomalee
Corthcee
Dave
Kipling
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Westbury
Suez
Spithead
Rajah Brooke
North Borneo
Sulu Sea
Celebes
Java Sea
Half-Moon
Brooke
Cors Reef
Alexander Selkirk
Half-Moon Island
Far East
Half-Moon Lagoon
Bach
Bond Street
Fifth Avenue
Pearla