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A Name Without a Place: The Conceição wreck and the Peros Banhos label
Pen for Rights, an Indian Ocean Decolonisation Initiative, Republic of Maldives · October 2026 This article accompanies the Pen for Rights research paper Rangel’s Island and the Missing Horizon (revised edition, 27 October 2026) and should be read with it. It draws on a closer reading of the 1735 text…
- A Name Without a Place: The Conceição wreck and the Peros Banhos label
- Rangel’s Island and the Missing Horizon: The Conceição wreck and the retrospective identification of Peros Banhos
- The Missing Deed to Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago)
- The Unexamined Legitimacy of French Acquisition of Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago) and the Maldivian Claim
- Why Is the UK Hesitant to List Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago)?
- Was Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago) Ever Transferred to Britain? Re-examining the Legal Foundation of British Rule
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A Name Without a Place: The Conceição wreck and the Peros Banhos label
Pen for Rights, an Indian Ocean Decolonisation Initiative, Republic of Maldives · October 2026 This article accompanies the Pen for Rights research paper Rangel’s Island and the Missing Horizon (revised edition, 27 October 2026) and should…
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Rangel’s Island and the Missing Horizon: The Conceição wreck and the retrospective identification of Peros Banhos
Research Paper | Pen for Rights – Research Papers Published by Pen for Rights – Republic of Maldives. A PDF version is available for download. Errata to this paper were issued on 24 October 2026. A…
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The Missing Deed to Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago)
Conventional accounts of French sovereignty over the Chagos islands frequently begin with a captain’s reported discovery in 1744. The archive tells a less tidy tale. Adapted from the research paper “The Unexamined Legitimacy of French Acquisition…
Keep readingThe Unexamined Legitimacy of French Acquisition of Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago) and the Maldivian Claim
Research Paper | Pen for Rights – Research Papers Published by Pen for Rights – Republic of Maldives. A PDF version is available for download. Abstract The legal history of Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago) is usually told…
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Why Is the UK Hesitant to List Folhlhavai (Chagos Archipelago)?
Publication note Pen for Rights and Maldivians for Chagos advocate for consideration of Maldivian interests in Folhlhavai. This article advances that position. Folhlhavai (the Chagos Archipelago) is now at the centre of a proposed sovereignty transfer…
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