User blog:WaglingtonŒ/Prospective Adriatic Expansion into Cape York Peninsula

This blog shall serve as official documentation for the proposed establishment of an Adriatic colony in the Cape York peninsula within northern Australia. Willem Janszoonwas a Dutch explorer noted for being the first recorded European to reach the coast of Africa, whose expedition is thoroughly documented in thisarticle. While Janszoon believed he had discovered a new part of the Dutch colony of New Guinea, he had in fact discovered the continent of Australia, landing in the Cape York region.

Above: Janszoon's route in blue

I make this claim for the Adriatic citing that the Dutch were the first to discover the aforementioned land and, as the sole sucessor to the former Dutch state, it stands to reason that all assets of the Netherlands would be turned over to the Adriatic. Despite somewhat harsh conditions in the peninsula, the existence of very closeby Dutch (now Adriatic) ports in Indonesia would make establishing a small settlement in the northwest portion of the arm a feasible effort.

Proposed Adriatic claims on Cape York would look like this:



As you can see, only portions of the peninsula explored by Janszoon would be claimed, as expansion further east or south would not be practical with 18th century technology.

Per the Vienna Accordsthis claim shall be officiated within 7-10 business days provided there are no legitimate and logical objections to the expansion.

-Erdoğan