islands

For those not in the know, the Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited trio of islands 670 km off Chile, consisting of Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk and Santa Clara. They weren't discovered until November 1574 by their namesake spanish explorer, and never had any indigenous people...

Assuming a Pakistan-wank of sorts happens (perhaps more Pakistani victories in their wars against India), could the country end up fostering an alliance with, or perhaps even annexing, the Maldives? Or is there another PoD for this to happen, such as during the partition of British India?

I thought it would be really cool to try and see what places could be untouched for the longest. It's fine if they're explored I think but large scale settlement is a deal breaker. These are some candidates I thought of: - Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion - Socotra (small island off Yemen...

How can Malta still be part of the UK? What would be the outcome for the island and the world? Resulting economic for not malta independent?

What can be done non-ASB to make the Solomon Islands as strong as possible?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanches - Yes, these guys and gals (of archaic Berber descent). With a POD of your own choosing, but no earlier than 1000 AD, try to figure out a way for the Guanche natives to survive as a distinct Canary Islands ethnicity to the modern day, alongside European...