The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. The palm tree and crown are symbols of the Indian Ocean Territory. The Flag was initially intended to be used by the Commissioner but has gained semi-official status as a territorial flag for use on land.
This is a clever riff on the MAGA – Make American Great Again language used by President Trump to rally his supporters, ironically by implying that we are not a great country anymore, and of course, just short of saying only he can fix it. Couldn’t tell so far.
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Baker was discovered in 1818 by Captain Elisha Folger of the Nantucket whaling ship Equator, who called the island “New Nantucket”. In August 1825 Baker was sighted by Captain Obed Starbuck of the Loper, also a Nantucket whaler. The island is named for Michael Baker, who visited the island in 1834. Other references state that he visited in 1832, and again on August 14, 1839, in the whaler Gideon Howland, to bury an American seaman. Captain Baker claimed the island in 1855, then he sold his interest to a group who later formed the American Guano Company.
United States Minor Possessions – Caribbean Sea Unknown to most Americans, the United States maintains claims to three very small
Colonization started in 1665, when the French East India Company sent the first settlers. “Île de la Réunion” was the name given to the island in 1793 to commemorate the union of revolutionaries from Marseille with the National Guard in Paris. This renaming also eliminated a reference to the deposed Bourbon dynasty. Later, the island would be renamed yet again, this time “Île Bonaparte”, after Napoleon Bonaparte.
The island came under the control of the British Navy in 1810 but was returned to France by treaty in 1815. In 1848 the island was officially renamed “Île de la Réunion”.
Between the 17th and 19th centuries, a program of colonization by French citizens as well as the importation of Africans, Chinese, and Indians as slaves, a diversity of ethnicities was present from early times. The colony abolished slavery on 20 December 1848. Afterward, many of the foreign workers came as indentured workers.
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Norway is likely one of the most progressive and prosperous nations on Earth. The wealth and social welfare generated by plentiful natural gas and oil resource extraction from the North Sea territorial waters of Norway has been essential in creating the modern nation of Norway. The Norwegians, recognizing the finite nature of energy resources as well as shifting global demand toward renewable sources of energy, have wisely and prudently invested much of the wealth into long-term strategic investments to provide a trust fund for the nation.
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One of the first plants we noticed when we were looking to buy in Coachella Valley, especially in the Cathedral