Thanks for the bravo and the corrections.
But mainly thanks for the link to Cartage; I had never stumbled
across it.
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> ¡Bravo! Superb work, Geoh88! Worthy of the acclaim of the BP
masses!
>
> Two very small corrections: Bajo Nuevo (Petrel) is claimed by
Jamaica, not
> Colombia. Honduras, in addition to Colombia, might also have
claimed Seranilla.
> Reference for both of these statements is near the bottom of the
page at
> http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/disputedpage.htm .
>
> Palmyra, by the way, is an "incorporated" Territory of the USA
(the only one
> left). By Act of Congress of April 30, 1900, the Constitution and
laws of the
> USA were made as applicable in Palmyra as in the several states
and the District
> of Columbia. This means that it can never be constitutionally
alienated.
> References:
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Incorporated_territory and
>
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/GeogHist/histories/history/hiscou
ntries/P/palmyraatoll.html .
> All other US dependencies are mere "unincorporated" possessions
and could be
> alienated.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA