Islands of Refreshment | |||||||
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| 1811–1816 | |||||||
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| Status | Unrecognised state | ||||||
| Capital | Reception | ||||||
| Official languages | English | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
• Leader | Jonathan Lambert | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Declared | February 4, 1811 | ||||||
• Death of Lambert | May 17, 1812 | ||||||
• Annexed to Cape Colony by United Kingdom | August 14, 1816 | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• Total | 207 km2 (80 sq mi) | ||||||
| Membership | 4 (1811) | ||||||
| Currency | Spanish dollar | ||||||
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Islands of Refreshment was the name given to Tristan da Cunha by its self-proclaimed ruler, Jonathan Lambert, in 1811.[1]
- ^ Fichter, James (December 2008). "The British Empire and the American Atlantic on Tristan da Cunha, 1811–16". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 36 (4): 567–589. doi:10.1080/03086530802560984. ISSN 0308-6534. S2CID 159678218.