Dubbo to The Dish

[den]

90km in 4 minutes 21 seconds.

Comments

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Claim, yes. But did they actually rule it?

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

For varying definitions of "rule," yes. They controlled the trade with all of those locations, and had governmental systems on the ground in each one. When you add in their direct relations and tributary extended family (those who ruled in the family name), the Hapsburgs were the most powerful family in history.

Then the Brits defeated the Spanish Armada...

-=TK