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 During the fifteenth century, Portugal gained a long lead over Spain,
staking claims along the entire coast of West Africa. But in 1492 the Spanish
monarchs conquered Granada, the last Moorish state in the peninsula, and
completed the unification of their country. The resulting historic voyage of Columbus provided a basis for Spanish
claims to most of the western hemisphere.
Hong Kong was a British colony from 1842, until its sovereignty
was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1997
British Antarctic Territory, The Territory was formed on March 3,
1962, although the UK first claimed this portion of the Antarctic in
1908. Prior to 1962, the Territory was part of the Falkland Islands
Dependency.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an
overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic
Ocean. The territory was formed in 1985
Nowadays, the Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local
representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands.
Historically, Argentina, France and Spain have also had control and
local representatives.
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