New Atlantis (micronation)

New Atlantis
Unrecognized micronation
New Atlantis
Map of Jamaica with the former location of New Atlantis[Note 1]
Claimed byLeicester Hemingway
Dates claimed1964–1966
Area claimedRaft off the coast of Jamaica

New Atlantis was a micronation formed by Leicester Hemingway, the brother of Ernest Hemingway. The "island", a 240 sq ft (22 m2) bamboo raft off the coast of Jamaica, was established as a constitutional republic on July 4, 1964.

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