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The Tristan da Cuhna islands is a small archipelago located in the South Atlantic, on record as the most remotely inhabited place on Earth. No humans permanently lived on it until 1811, when american whaler named Johnathan Lambert settled it with three other people and re. Not much else happened until when British annexed it during the War of 1812, where it remains a British Overseas Territory to this day.

But what if the US for some reason or another decided to invest heavier on these islands for one reason or another and got to keep it? How would this affect US navy and foreign history for instance?
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