战鼓声声 亲访东沙岛 '奇人'

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韩福瑞, 记者来鸿：战鼓声声 亲访东沙岛 '奇人.'  BBC Chinese, Dec 10, 2013
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/fooc ... _fooc_dongsha.shtml

, which is translated from

Humphrey Hawksley, Tiny island at heart of S China sea dispute. BBC, Dec 4, 2013 (video)
tevel1.com:81/news/world-asia-25208292

Note:
(a) 東沙環礁國家公園  Dongsha Atoll National Park. 內政部營建署, undated
np.cpami.gov.tw/youth/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=128
(b)
(i) 東沙群島
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%B2%99%E7%BE%A4%E5%B3%B6
(相傳在1866年間，英國人[first name not given] Pratas曾遇風避難於此，自以為首先發現此島，便以其名命島名為Pratas Island，至今卻成為東沙島沿用的英文名由來)
(ii) Pratas Islands
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratas_Islands
(The name "Pratas" were given to the islands by Portuguese sailors in the 16th century as Ilhas das Pratas (Silver plates islands) because of its peculiar round shape)

Portuguese English dictionary:
prata (noun feminine; usually uncountable): "silver"
das: Contraction of de (“of”) + as (“the”)
both definitions are from Wiktionary.com