Ladrones
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Ladrones. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or MARI- MARI ANNE ISLANDS, a chain of 17 islands islands in the North Pacific, E. of the Philip- Philippines and the Caroline Islands; area, vere dis about 500 square miles. They were discovered by Magellan in 1521, who gave ho them the name of "Ladrones," it is said, is from the character of their inhabitants, abita the word meaning "thieves." GUAM (q. v.) is the principal island and embraces nearly one-half of the entire area of the group. On June 20, 1898, Captain Glass, of the United States cruiser "Charleston" took possession of the is lands in the name of the United States, and by the peace treaty signed at Paris, Dec. 18, 1898, it was provided that the 43 1944 island of Guam should be ceded to the d to the United States. The remainder of the of the islands, together with the Carolines, Carolines, pain into passed from the possession of Spain into that of Germany, Oct. 1, 1899, in conin conf about sideration of the payment of about $4,187,500.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
la-dronz', a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean about fifteen degrees north of the equator. The group was discovered by Magellan in his voyage of circumnavigation in 1521. He called them the Islands of the Lateen Sails. His crew named them the Ladrones, or Islands of Thieves, on account of the thieving habits of the natives. In 1898 Guam, the largest of these islands, was ceded to the United States . In 1899 Germany bought the remainder from Spain for about $4,000,000. The official name is Marianne Islands, in honor of a Spanish queen. The islands are of volcanic and coral origin. The total area is about 417 square miles. The vegetation is luxuriant, much resembling that of the Philippines. The breadfruit tree, and a cocoanut palm, rice, maize, sugar, tobacco, cotton, and bananas are found. It is said that breadfruit was first seen by white men in the Ladrones. There are only eighty-three white people in the islands. The inhabitants are chiefly Spanish-speaking Tagals from the Philippines.