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    Map of Polish colonies in the 17th century


    Hi! I am a cartographer from Lithuania and I deal with the history of the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth. The new courland is my cartographic project in which I play a forgotten fragment of the history of Poland! Yes, Rzeczpospolita once had a colony in the Caribbean!

    Well, not literally, but the story is this: in the 17th century the Duchy of Courland gained territories in today’s Gambia and on the island of Tobago. The principality itself was the vassal of the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the colonial project lasted almost five decades.

    I add a link in the comments to a larger version of the map so that you can watch it more closely 馃檪

    https://i.redd.it/kbs284t4zfbf1.jpeg

    Posted by mapklimantas

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    1. bombuszek on

      Wasal twojego wasala nie jest twoim wasalem. Rzeczpospolita nie mia艂a kolonii.

    6. _marcoos on

      Fun fact: kolonia mojego lennika nie jest moim lennem.

      Widoczna na mapie kolonia kurlandzka (a wi臋c – kolonia tamtejszych kurlandzkich Niemc贸w, bo przecie偶 nie 艁otyszy) nie mia艂a nic wsp贸lnego z Rzecz膮pospolit膮 Obojga Narod贸w.

      Tak samo jak Hohenzollernowie byli (do czasu usamodzielnienia) lennikami kr贸l贸w Rzeczypospolitej w Prusach, ale ten sam Hohenzollern jako ksi膮偶臋聽Brandenburgii lennikiem kr贸l贸w I RP nie by艂.