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The '''New Falklands''' are an "archipelago" of small rocks which is a dependency of [[Cézembre]].
The '''New Falklands''' are an "archipelago" of small rocks which is a dependency of [[Cézembre]].


According to the ''History of the Kingdom of Talossa'', "Soon after their arrival in St Malo on 6 August [1982], Talossan King Robert I and [[Frédéric Maugey|Maugey]] swam out to a few off-shore rocks and partitioned this "archipelago" between them, Talossa naming its 10 square foot conquest the 'New Falklands.'"
According to ''The History of the Kingdom of Talossa'':
<blockquote>Soon after their arrival in St Malo on 6 August [{{year|1982}}], Talossan King [[Robert I]] and [[Frédéric Maugey|[Frédéric] Maugey]] swam out to a few off-shore rocks and partitioned this "archipelago" between them, Talossa naming its 10 square foot conquest the 'New Falklands.'</blockquote>
The name of the islands is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Falkland_Islands|Falkland Islands]], which had been prominently features in international news during that period; the [[wikipedia:Falklands_War|Falklands War]] between Great Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the islands began a month prior to the annexation of the New Falklands.
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Revision as of 10:19, 10 February 2013

The New Falklands are an "archipelago" of small rocks which is a dependency of Cézembre.

According to The History of the Kingdom of Talossa:

Soon after their arrival in St Malo on 6 August [1982/III], Talossan King Robert I and [Frédéric] Maugey swam out to a few off-shore rocks and partitioned this "archipelago" between them, Talossa naming its 10 square foot conquest the 'New Falklands.'

The name of the islands is a reference to the Falkland Islands, which had been prominently features in international news during that period; the Falklands War between Great Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the islands began a month prior to the annexation of the New Falklands.