But Britain retains a collection of island territories across the world, each with its own history, traditions and customs. Some of these islands remain a thorny diplomatic issue such as Gibraltar.

In the 80's he claims to have had a spiritual awakening that helped him create very detailed maps of future world ... the islands of Japan will eventually sink, leaving only a few small islands.

Though the world's encyclopaedias, maps and search ... [but] there are only three territories on Zealandia." In addition to New Zealand, the continent encompasses the island of New Caledonia ...

But thanks to this chance visit by a New York billionaire, today nearly two-thirds of St. John is a National Park. It's the Virgin Island that remained virgin -- a paradise protected.