To: xjcsa
If an island is found by a U.S. explorer, doesn’t it become a U.S. Island? doesn’t this redraw the map?
3 posted on
04/23/2007 6:52:33 PM PDT by
Sundog
(envision whirled peas.)
To: Sundog
Not in the Antarctic, due to a treaty that aimed at preventing a continental land grab there.
5 posted on
04/23/2007 6:53:30 PM PDT by
Alexander Rubin
(Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
To: Sundog
“If an island is found by a U.S. explorer, doesn’t it become a U.S. Island? doesn’t this redraw the map?”
In short, no.
To: Sundog
"If an island is found by a U.S. explorer, doesn’t it become a U.S. Island? doesn’t this redraw the map?" Too late. This one was claimed by Norway when they colonized it in the 900's.
24 posted on
04/23/2007 7:18:37 PM PDT by
norwaypinesavage
(Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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