Wikibooks: Micronations/List of past micronations/Islands of Refreshment

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Tristan; Main Island; Inaccessible Island; Currie
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Micronations/List_of_past_micronations/Islands_of_Refreshment

short description Tristan da Cunha Infobox Islands of Refreshment was the name given to Tristan da Cunha by its self proclaimed ruler Jonathan Lambert in 1811. In the early 19th century American whalers frequented the neighboring waters and on December 27 1810 the Boston ship Baltic put ashore an American named Jonathan Lambert late of Salem mariner and citizen thereof along with one Thomas Currie or Tomasso Corri in his employ and a third man named Williams. These three were the first permanent inhabitants of Tristan and they were soon joined by a fourth Andrew Millet. Citation needed Lambert declared himself sovereign and sole possessor of the island group grounding my right and claim on the rational and sure ground of absolute occupancy . Citation needed He renamed the main island Island of Refreshment Inaccessible Island Pintard Island and Nightingale Island Lovel Island . Five months after arriving Lambert Williams and Millet drowned while fishing on May 17 1812. Currie was joined however by two other men and the three busied themselves growing vegetables wheat and oats and breeding pigs. cite journal title=Tristan d Acunha etc. Jonathan Lambert late Sovereign thereof journal=Blackwood s Edinburgh Magazine volume=4 issue=21 date=Dec 1818 pages=280–285 url=https //books.google.com/books?id=tt QAAAAMAAJ During the War of 1812 the islands were used as a base by American cruisers sent to prey on British merchant ships. This and other considerations urged by Lord Charles Henry Somerset then governor of Cape Colony in South Africa led the British government to annex the islands as dependencies of the Cape Colony. The formal proclamation of annexation was made on August 14 1816 partly as a measure to ensure the French could not use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free the deposed Napoleon I of France from his prison on Saint Helena. Citation needed =References= Reflist