I may be wrong on this,
but I believe that many moons ago, we swapped New Amsterdam for South Africa. New Amsterdam was then renamed New York....
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Fri 4 Apr 2008, 22:10,
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I'm not sure
But I believe they traded it for some spice islands.
And South Africa isn't an island.
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Willem Beeeeeeeeees!,
Sat 5 Apr 2008, 11:35,
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