Geography Game

Malte279 · **Reply #1020 on:** December 24, 2008, 08:07:00 AM

^ No nuclear weapons involved either, but still a war between the US and Great Britain erupting in 1859 would have probably "messed up" history as we got to know it beyond all recognition

The British sent 5 warships with more than a thousand soldiers into the region. The US sent the 9th infantry led by George Edward Pickett (the same one who became associated with "Pickett's charge during the battle of Gettysburg four years later). Both sides tried to taunt the other into opening fire but neither complied. At last the British admiral suggested that it was kind of silly to start a war about a killed pig and everyone agreed.
The debate about the ownership of the island continued into the 1870s though when Germany was chosen as an unbiased judge on the matter. The verdict of the Germans was very much in favor of the US who got all of the disputed islands. [history lecture mode off]

El Salvador

The Chronicler · **Reply #1021 on:** December 24, 2008, 08:24:32 PM

Rabat - Morocco

Malte279 · **Reply #1022 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:24:58 AM

Trinidat

The Chronicler · **Reply #1023 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:01:36 PM

Thailand

Malte279 · **Reply #1024 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:56:27 PM

Danzig - Poland.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1025 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:58:02 PM

Gibraltar

Malte279 · **Reply #1026 on:** December 25, 2008, 10:06:55 PM

Reims - France.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1027 on:** December 25, 2008, 10:29:08 PM

Spain

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1028 on:** December 29, 2008, 10:41:27 PM

Nith River, Canada

The Chronicler · **Reply #1029 on:** December 29, 2008, 10:47:41 PM

Hawaii

Malte279 · **Reply #1030 on:** December 30, 2008, 06:10:20 AM

Idaho

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1031 on:** December 30, 2008, 04:00:57 PM

Opal, Virginia

The Chronicler · **Reply #1032 on:** December 30, 2008, 06:26:05 PM

Louisville - Kentucky

Malte279 · **Reply #1033 on:** December 31, 2008, 06:08:02 AM

Edmonton

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1034 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:28:54 PM

The Nile River

The Chronicler · **Reply #1035 on:** December 31, 2008, 09:11:08 PM

East St. Louis - Illinois

Malte279 · **Reply #1036 on:** January 01, 2009, 08:36:52 AM

Stor - Mountain on the Isle of Sky (Scotland).

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1037 on:** January 01, 2009, 08:43:32 AM

Rappahannok River - mentioned in a Civil War journal as once being swam by a slave girl in her escape from a Virginian plantation

The Chronicler · **Reply #1038 on:** January 01, 2009, 07:35:17 PM

Kingston upon Hull - England

Malte279 · **Reply #1039 on:** January 02, 2009, 03:14:03 PM

Langen - Germany.