[{"n": "Atlantic slave trade", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/atlantic-slave-trade/", "s": "Transatlantic transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas."}, {"n": "British colonization of the Americas", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/british-colonization-of-the-americas/", "s": "Colonies were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, and although mo"}, {"n": "Columbian exchange", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/columbian-exchange/", "s": "The Columbian exchange—sometimes called the Columbian interchange—describes the large-scale movement of plants"}, {"n": "Dutch East India Company", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/dutch-east-india-company/", "s": "Chartered trading company and pioneer of joint-stock finance."}, {"n": "Dutch East Indies", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/dutch-east-indies/", "s": "Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia after war and negotiation."}, {"n": "East India Company", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/east-india-company/", "s": "Chartered company that ruled large parts of India and dominated key trade routes."}, {"n": "European colonization of the Americas", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/european-colonization-of-the-americas/", "s": "European colonization of the Americas: from Norse voyages to the establishment of settler colonial states."}, {"n": "French colonial empire", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/french-colonial-empire/", "s": "Overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandates under French rule."}, {"n": "Scramble for Africa", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/scramble-for-africa/", "s": "The late 19th-century invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers."}, {"n": "Spanish Empire", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/spanish-empire/", "s": "The empire on which the sun never set."}, {"n": "Treaty of Tordesillas", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/treaty-of-tordesillas/", "s": "The 1494 treaty that divided the non-European world between Portugal and Castile."}, {"n": "Vasco da Gama", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/vasco-da-gama/", "s": "The Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route to India."}, {"n": "Zheng He", "u": "/e/exploration-and-colonization/zheng-he/", "s": "Chinese admiral who led seven Indian Ocean voyages."}]