Gilbert Islands, or Kingsmill Group (37), a group of islands in the Pacific, of coral formation, lying on the equator between 172° and 177° E. long; they are 16 in number, were discovered in 1788, and annexed by Britain in 1892.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Gilbert, William Schwenck * Gilboa, Mount