The Pearl Coast
Preserved but no longer current.
So the early Spanish ex- plorers named the Venezuelan coast from Cumana to Trinidad; the islands off this coast were called the Pearl Islands. This district was the site of large pearl-fisheries. Peasants' War, The.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Pearl Coast” mean?
So the early Spanish ex- plorers named the Venezuelan coast from Cumana to Trinidad; the islands off this coast were called the Pearl Islands. This district was the site of large pearl-fisheries. Peasants' War, The.
Is “The Pearl Coast” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.