The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoFind your own spotlemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down12
arrow-up1163arrow-down1imageFind your own spotlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoThe Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik ceded this strip of land (Neum corridor) to the Ottomans in 1699 in order to prevent Venice from taking it.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoActually, in order to not have a land border with Venice. They hated them so much.
The Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik ceded this strip of land (Neum corridor) to the Ottomans in 1699 in order to prevent Venice from taking it.
Actually, in order to not have a land border with Venice. They hated them so much.