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

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Fucking love that name you gave for the approach

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Good stuff hung