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7 Island Territories of Big Countries Located in Surprising Places
These quirks of history show how strange the past can be
You might have caught the recent news that thousands of migrants walked over to Spain from Morocco. You probably scratched your head at the story. Walked over?
Isn’t Spain in Europe, and Morocco in Africa? Doesn’t a body of water separate the two? You are correct, but you are overlooking an interesting point. Due to a series of quirks of history, Spain owns a string of small territories located on the northern coast of North Africa. In fact, it shares a land border with Morocco.
Of course, if you look at the map of the world, this area is not the only one that will have you puzzled. History always has its strange twists and turns. Scanning the globe, you can find examples of this in weird borders or different countries possessing territories in places you would least expect.
Below I will try to focus on seven island territories situated in parts of the world that will boggle your mind. There is always an interesting story behind each of those. Let’s dig in.
St. Pierre and Miquelon, France
In the 18th century, France used to own large areas in North America. Quebec, Louisiana, even Detroit…
