228
Virginia's land claims by year
(lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2024
228 points (98.3% liked)
Map Enthusiasts
3367 readers
2 users here now
For the map enthused!
Rules:
-
post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
-
be nice
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Reminds me about the Treaty of Zaragoza between Castile (Spain) and Portugal, where they divided the world in two half between each other. Just claim big.
Context: The "new world" was just discovered 35 yeas earlier and the world map was still very crude in the east indias and the new amazonas region - worldmaps 1530
The Portuguese perfected early cannons and had pretty good ships. You can win lots of coastline if you can just aim 20 guns at a city in the 1500s. That's like having jet aircraft in the 1800s.