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Old 22nd Jan 2008, 18:59
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Omega could well be right. OTOH is could equally be part of the myth of territorial claims. We planted a flag. We stopped at Tristian da Cuna and stopped to plant a flag.

That puts the origin back to the 15th C or earlier
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