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Virginia's land claims by year (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 115 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Good thing that ocean was there or 1600s Virginia would have claimed the entire planet with their innovative "peeling the label off a biscuit can" approach to real estate.

[–] ErKaf@feddit.de 38 points 6 months ago

Fucking love that name you gave for the approach

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago

Of course. They couldn't though, because the Spanish had already claimed the whole Pacific ocean as their territory. (/s, but only on the connection between the two things)

[–] elooto@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Good stuff hung