The Isles of Scilly is a distance off the Cornish mainland.

锡利群岛离康沃尔大陆很远。

One by one, four very expensive warships crashed on the rocky coast of the Scilly Isles.

四艘十分昂贵的军舰一艘接一艘地在锡利群岛的岩岸边触礁沉没。

On May 30, in sight of Land's End, it passed between the lowermost tip of England and the Scilly Islands, which it left behind to starboard.

5月30日，在船右舷，我们望见了英格兰岛极端和索尔林格岛之间的终极岛。

So on the rocks of the Scilly Islands, like 2,000 sailors died, making Shovell's error one of the biggest screw ups in the history of ocean navigation.

于是在锡利群岛的岩石海岸边，约有 2000 名水手丧生，令夏维尔的失误成了航海史上规模最大的海难之一。

On one very rough ferry crossing, on the route to the Isles of Scilly, for example, my traveling companion spent the entire 3-hour-ride throwing up in the bathroom, while I dozed happily on a plastic chair.

在一次前往锡利群岛的渡轮上，那次旅程非常艰辛，我的旅伴整整三个小时的航程都在洗手间呕吐，而我则在塑料椅子上愉快地打盹。