Exploration & Colonization
13 entries in the Exploration & Colonization compendium.
Atlantic slave tradeTransatlantic transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas.British colonization of the AmericasColonies were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, and although…Columbian exchangeThe Columbian exchange—sometimes called the Columbian interchange—describes the large-scale movement of…Dutch East India CompanyChartered trading company and pioneer of joint-stock finance.Dutch East IndiesDutch colony that became modern Indonesia after war and negotiation.East India CompanyChartered company that ruled large parts of India and dominated key trade routes.European colonization of the AmericasEuropean colonization of the Americas: from Norse voyages to the establishment of settler colonial states.French colonial empireOverseas colonies, protectorates, and mandates under French rule.Scramble for AfricaThe late 19th-century invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers.Spanish EmpireThe empire on which the sun never set.Treaty of TordesillasThe 1494 treaty that divided the non-European world between Portugal and Castile.Vasco da GamaThe Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route to India.Zheng HeChinese admiral who led seven Indian Ocean voyages.
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