University Press, 1989 Dutch colonies DEFAULTSORT DutchColonization Of The Americas Category Dutchcolonization of the Americas Category Dutch Empire Americas, Dutchcolonization of Category History of the Netherlands Category Colonization of the Americas Category New Netherland de Niederl ndische ...euromericas Netherlands Dutch trading posts and plantations in the Americas precede the much wider known colonisation activities of the Dutch in Asia. Whereas the first Dutch fort in Asia was built in 1600 ... date from the 1590s. Actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands, was not as common as with other European nations. Many of the Dutch settlements were lost or abandoned by the end ... of the Netherlands today. North America Caribbean Netherlands Antilles Dutchcolonization in the Caribbean ... by the Dutch government. Image New Netherland.PNG thumb Area settled by the Dutch in 1660 After some early trading expeditions, the first Dutch settlement in the Americas was founded in 1615 Fort ... Puerto Montt . In addition, family Wennekool which inaugurated the Dutchcolonization of Villarrica ... Haiti Tortuga now le Tortue and Sint Maarten . When the Dutch lost Sint Maarten and Anguilla ... Spain Spanish attacks in the ongoing Dutch war for independence from Spain and to exploit timber and salt ... Roques and La Orchila were also considered by the Dutch government to be part of the Dutch West Indies ... in the 17th century. Each time, the settlements were destroyed by rival European powers. Dutch settlements ... main Dutch Virgin Islands The Dutch established a base on St. Croix in 1625, the same year that the British did. Huguenots French Protestants joined the Dutch but conflict with the British colony led to its abandonment before 1650. The Dutch established a settlement on Tortola before 1640 and later ... map of the Dutch North American colonies showing extent of Dutch claims, from Chesapeake Bay ... In 1602, the government of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands chartered the Dutch East ... more details
on the island, a Dutchcolonization of the AmericasDutch colony , formed in 1628, had been wiped out ... Beveren 1660 1689 Karl de Napp See also Courland colonization References reflist DEFAULTSORT Courland Colonization Of The Americas Category Colonization of the Americas Category Tobago Category History ..., UK. Edmundson The Dutch in Western Guiana English historical review 1901 Vol. XVI 640 675 pp. About he first period of Dutch settlements in Guiana and Tobago, including some information about Courland colonizing Tobago. Goslinga,C.Ch. The Dutch in the Caribbean & on the Wild Coast 1580 1680 647 ... individual efforts insufficient to trade and or colonize the Americas, Africa, and the Indies ... and the Netherlands against Spain began to break apart under England s new trading program. The Dutch ... Courland colony soon became overshadowed by a second Dutch colony. While 120 Courland colonists had come in 1657, the Dutch colony reached a population of 1,200 by the next year when 500 French ... numerous Dutch colonists, and the merchant fleet and factories were destroyed. The Dutch settlers ..., although peace had been established between the Courlanders and the Dutch, there still remained ... Fort Jacobus but was driven off by the Dutch. Tobago was regained again just for a short period ... again being occupied by a collection of scattered Courlanders from throughout the Dutch, French, and English ... Tobago, and those who remained essentially joined the buccaneers or other Anglo Dutch colonies. Nonetheless ... more details
Refimprove date December 2011 euromericas The German colonization of the Americas consisted of German settlements in Venezuela lang de Klein Venedig , also lang de Welser Kolonie ref http books.google.com books?id aM2NNt 6Uw8C&pg PA43&dq 22Welser kolonie 22&hl en&ei snDXTsCuG6Pj4QSlqMH1DQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CC8Q6AEwAA v onepage&q 22Welser 20kolonie 22&f false ref , Saint Thomas Brandenburg colony St. Thomas , the Crab Island, Guyana Crab Island Guyana and Tertholen in the 16th and 17th centuries. History Klein Venedig Image Deutsche Kolonien.PNG thumb right 300px In this map of German colonies, yellow marks Klein Venedig and red the Prussia n colonies, some of them in the Caribbean. The Augsburg banking families of Anton and Bartholomeus Welser obtained rights in 1528 to Venezuela from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Spanish Empire King of Spain . Heinrich Ehinger and Hieronymus Sailer , either independently or as agents of the Welsers, negotiated the rights. By 1531, the Welsers controlled the privilege. They set up a colonization scheme and sent Ambrosius ... center German colonization of the Americas div gallery Image Divisiones coloniales 1538.jpg First ... towns History of Paraguay in Paraguay at about the same time as Welsh colonization of the Americas ... diaspora DEFAULTSORT German Colonization Of The Americas Category Colonization of the Americas Category Former German colonies Americas de Deutsche Besiedlung Amerikas es Colonizaci n alemana de ... peoples of the Americas Indian territory in search of gold. Brandenburg colonisation The Brandenburgisch ... , a German led vassal state of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth , Courland colonization of the Americas colonized Tobago in the Caribbean and St. Andrews Island in Gambia . German immigration to Americas German settlers also immigrated to the established colonies in North America, Colonia ... Germans of Paraguay Nueva Germania Tapachula Pozuzo Blumenau Gramado Pennsylvania Dutch , a U.S. ... more details
General of Brazil , successfully destroyed a ten year old French colonization of the Americas French ... Library and Archives Canada website. Portuguese overseas empire DEFAULTSORT Portuguese Colonization Of The Americas Category Portuguese colonization of the Americas Category Colonization of the Americas .... Colonization of Brazil main Colonial Brazil Explorer Pedro lvares Cabral landed on April 22,1500 ... Americas Native and later Africa n slavery slave s. The capital, Salvador, Brazil Salvador , was established ... Dutch Brazil part of Brazil s Northeast region , with their capital in Recife . The Portuguese ... in Lisbon . Therefore, it is not common to refer to Portuguese America like Spanish America, Dutch ... more details
Reserve 1763 Indian Reserve 1763 1783 British West Indies Courland colonization of the Americas Courland New Courland Tobago 1654 1689 Danish colonization of the Americas Danish Danish West Indies 1754 1917 Greenland 1814 today Dutchcolonization of the AmericasDutchDutch Brazil 1630 1654 Dutch ...euromericas The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492. ref The Viking s around 1000AD established Norse colonization of the Americas several colonies , which died ... gained an interest in the colonization of the Americas, competition for territory became increasingly ... in the Age of Discovery Spanish colonization of the Americas First European colonization wave 15th .... ref List of European colonies in the Americas Expand section date May 2010 British colonization of the Americas ... Virgin Islands Virgin Islands French colonization of the Americas French New France 1604 ... Portuguese colonization of the Americas Portuguese Colonial Brazil 1500 1815 became a Kingdom, United ... 1620 French Guiana 1809 1817 Russian colonization of the Americas Russian Russian America now Alaska , 1799 1867 Spanish colonization of the Americas Spanish Cuba until 1898 Viceroyalty of New Granada ... Swedish colonization of the Americas Swedish New Sweden 1638 1655 Saint Barth lemy 1785 1878 Guadeloupe ... in the Caribbean List of North American cities founded in chronological order Norse colonization of the Americas ... missions by country Colonization DEFAULTSORT European Colonization Of The Americas Category Colonization of the Americas Category Colonization history of the United States Category History of the Americas ... ru scn Scuperta di la M rica simple European colonization of the Americas sr ... of the Americas. In 1492, a Spain Spanish expedition headed by Christopher Columbus sailed to America ... scale exploration and colonization soon followed. This first occurred along the Caribbean Sea Caribbean ... ordered navigator Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific for potential colonization. The Russians ... more details
euromericas The Sweden Swedish colonization of the Americas included a 17th century colony on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and Maryland , as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th century. Until 1809, Finland was an Sweden proper integral part of Sweden , and many of the settlers of Sweden s colonies came from present day Finland or were Finnish language Finnish speaking. ref http www.genealogia.fi emi art article182e.htm A. R. Dunlap & E. J. Moyne. The Finnish Language on the Delaware. American Speech, Vol. 27, No. 2 May, 1952 , pp. 81 90 ref Finns came to America particularly from the outlying regions of Savonia historical province Savonia and Kainuu , where slash and burn agriculture was a way of life for many, and people were used to life as wilderness pioneers. The Swedes and Finns brought their log house design to America, where it became the typical log cabin of pioneers. North America The colony of New Sweden 1638 1655 was located along the Delaware River with settlements in modern Delaware e.g., Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington , Pennsylvania e.g., Philadelphia and New Jersey e.g., Bridgeport, New Jersey New Stockholm and Swedesboro, New Jersey Swedesboro . The colony was conquered by the Netherlands Dutch , who perceived the presence of Swedish colonist s in North America as a threat to their interests in the New Netherland colony. Caribbean Saint Barth lemy 1785 1878 was operated as a List of free ports porto franco free port . The capital city of Gustavia, Saint Barth lemy Gustavia retains its Swedish name. Guadeloupe 1813 1814 came into Swedish possession as a consequence of the Napoleonic Wars . It gave rise to the Guadeloupe Fund . Other settlement Swedish immigrants continued to come to the Americas to settle within other countries or colonies. The mid 19th and early 20th centuries saw ... Colonization Of The Americas Category Former Swedish colonies Americas Category Colonization of the Americas ... more details
. England also took over the Dutchcolonization of the AmericasDutch colony of New Netherland including ...euromericas British colonization of the Americas including colonization by both the Kingdom of England and the Scottish colonization of the Americas Kingdom of Scotland before the Acts of Union 1707 Acts .... Scottish colonies in North America main Scottish colonization of the Americas There was also an early ... North America Thirteen Colonies The Kingdom of Great Britain acquired the French colonization of the Americas ... to North America Canadian colonies History of the Americas DEFAULTSORT British Colonization Of The Americas Category British colonization of the Americas ca Colonitzaci brit nica d Am rica da Britiske ... and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas . The English colonial empire English , and later the British, were among the most important colonizers of the Americas, and their American empire came to rival the Spanish colonization of the Americas Spanish American colonies in military and economic might. This English, Scottish, and British colonization caused dramatic upheaval among the indigenous civilizations in the Americas, both directly through the use of imported ... War American War of Independence , British territories in the Americas were granted more responsible ... territories overseas territories in the Americas, which it grants varying degrees of self government . In addition, nine former British possessions in the Americas, which are now independent of the United Kingdom, are Commonwealth Realm s. Image British in the Americas.PNG thumb Britain in the Americas ... colonization of North America English colonies in North America Main English colonial empire ..., the English also came to control the former New Sweden in what is now Delaware , which the Dutch ... lived Scotland Scottish colonization of Nova Scotia New Scotland from 1629 to 1632. Thousands of Scotsmen also participated in the English colonization even before the two countries were ... more details
euromericas The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a French colonial empire colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere . France founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish, sugar, and furs. As they colonized the New World, the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as Quebec City Quebec and Montreal in Canada Detroit, Michigan Detroit , Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay , St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis , Mobile, Alabama Mobile , Biloxi, Mississippi Biloxi , Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans in the United States and Port au Prince and Cap Ha tien in Haiti . North America The French first came to the New World as explorers, seeking a route to the Pacific ocean and wealth. Major French exploration of North America began under the rule of Francis I of France Francis I, King of France . In 1524, Francis sent Italian born Giovanni da Verrazano to explore the region between Florida and Newfoundland island Newfoundland for route to the Pacific Ocean. Verrazzano gave the names Francesca and New France Nova Gallia to that land between New Spain and English Newfoundland, thus promoting French interests. ref http ... France Canadian colonies History of the Americas Category French colonization of the Americas Category ... empire Category Colonization of the Americas ca Colonitzaci francesa d Am rica es Colonizaci n francesa ... Royal . French colonization of Texas Fort Saint Louis was established in Texas in 1685, but was gone ... . Control of many of these islands was contested between the French, the British and the Dutch in the case ... in 1604, although its earliest settlements were abandoned in the face of Indigenous peoples of the Americas ... and Dutch in the 17th century, and by the Portuguese in the 19th century, Guiana has remained ... more details
, his settlers had been ravaged by scurvy and the Dutch attacked and burnt a whaling station erected ... their settlements, to prevent better armed, lower priced, and better quality Dutch goods from bankrupting ... Islands were also used as a base for pirate s. The United Kingdom British and Netherlands Dutch settlers ... in the Danish West Indies Polar exploration state collapsed European Colonization of North America DEFAULTSORT Danish Colonization Of The Americas Category Former Danish colonies Category Colonization of the Americas Category History of the United States Virgin Islands es Colonizaci n danesa en ... more details
Painting in the Americas before colonization is the Precolumbian painting traditions of the Americas. Painting was a relatively widespread, popular and diverse means of communication and expression for both religious and utilitarian purpose throughout the regions of the Western Hemisphere . During the period before and after Age of Discovery European exploration and settlement of the Americas including North America , Central America , South America and the islands of the Caribbean , the Bahamas , the West Indies , the Antilles , the Lesser Antilles and other island groups, indigenous native cultures produced a wide variety of visual arts, including painting on textiles, hides, rock and cave ... Bement, 176 ref Painting in the Americas before colonization Main Native American art Maya art Pre Columbian art Indigenous peoples of the Americas Each continent of the Americas hosted societies that were ... In The Americas Before Colonization Category Pre Columbian art Category Art history Americas Category Mesoamerican art Category Indigenous painting of the Americas Category History of indigenous peoples of the Americas Category Art by region Americas ru ta ... and South America. The arts of the indigenous people of the Americas had an enormous impact ..., France, The Netherlands and England were all powerful and influential colonial power s in the Americas ... Indigenous peoples of the Americas Indigenous peoples in Brazil Moche Huari culture Nazca culture ... Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas Formative stage and beyond Native American art ... culture. Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas California Native Americans in California ... colbegin 2 Art history Aztec clothing Cascajal Block Indigenous peoples of the Americas History of painting History of the Americas List of indigenous artists of the Americas Ledger art Maya script Mississippian ... of Native American art history Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas Western art ... more details
euromericas The Norse colonization of the Americas began as early as the 10th century, when Norsemen Norse sailors usually referred to as Viking s explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic , including the northeastern fringes of North America . ref cite book last P lsson first Hermann title The Vinland sagas the Norse discovery of America publisher Penguin Classics url http books.google.ca books?id m 4rb GhQ5EC&lpg PP1&dq The 20Vinland 20sagas 3A 20the 20Norse 20discovery 20of 20America&pg PA28 v onepage&q&f true page 28 year 1965 isbn 0 14 044154 9 accessdate 2010 04 15 ref While the Norse colony in Greenland lasted for almost 500 years, the continental North American settlements were small and did not develop into permanent colonies. While voyages, for example to fetch timber, are likely to have occurred for some time, there is no evidence of enduring Norse settlements on mainland North America. ref Irwin, Constance Strange Footprints on the Land Harper&Row, New York, 1980 ISBN 0 06 022772 9 ref Greenland Main History of Greenland Image Eastern settlement eng.png thumb left 250px Map of the Eastern Settlement, covering approximately the modern municipalities of Qaqortoq , Narssaq ... no surviving Europeans, it marked the beginning of Danish colonization of the Americas Denmark s assertion ... voyages opened the Americas to large scale colonization by Europeans, it was unclear whether these stories ... commons category Norse colonization of the Americas http www.pc.gc.ca eng lhn nhs nl meadows index.aspx ... state collapsed DEFAULTSORT Norse Colonization Of The Americas Category Colonialism Category Colonization of the Americas Category Greenland Category History of Greenland Category History of North America ... title Discovery and colonization of Greenland accessdate 2008 08 27 author Reeves, Arthur Middleton ... was stronger there. A sign of peaceful relations between the Indigenous peoples of the Americas indigenous ... Sk lholt Map Sk lholt Map , made by an Icelandic teacher in 1570. See also Settlement of the Americas ... more details
euromericas Image Scottish colonization of the Americas.PNG right 300px Scottish colonization of the Americas comprised a number of failed or abandoned Kingdom of Scotland Scottish settlements in North America , a colony at Dari n scheme Darien , Panama , and a number of wholly or largely Scottish settlements made after the Acts of Union 1707 , and those made by the enforced resettlement after the Battle of Culloden and the Highland Clearances . Vinland Expedition c. 1010 It is claimed in the Icelandic Saga of Erik the Red that an expedition to Vinland led by Thorfinn Karlsefni took two Scottish slaves a man named Haki, and a woman named Hekja along with them. The couple were left there overnight, to check if the area was safe for settlement. They survived, and a Norse village was established. http www.bbc.co.uk history scottishhistory darkages oddities darkages.shtml This may be the Norse settlement found at L Anse aux Meadows . cn date December 2011 Nova Scotia 1621 Although it is sometimes claimed that Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney , a Scottish nobleman, explored North America in the 14th century, the first documented Scottish settlement in the Americas was of Nova Scotia in 1629. On 29 September 1621, the charter for the foundation of a colony was granted by James I of England James VI of Scotland to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling William Alexander , ref cite book last Fry first Michael title The Scottish Empire publisher Tuckwell Press year 2001 isbn 184158259X page 21 ref . Between 1622 and 1628, Sir William launched four attempts to send colonists to Nova Scotia all failed for various reasons. A successful occupation of Nova Scotia was finally achieved ... colonies History of the Americas Category Colonization history of the United States Scottish Category Colonization of the Americas Category Former Scottish colonies Scottish colonization of the Americas ... colonialism Americas Category Scottish American history Category 17th century in Scotland Category ... more details
state collapsed California history Canadian colonies History of the Americas maybe oreg too DEFAULTSORT Russian Colonization Of The Americas Category Russian America Category Colonial United States Russian Category Colonization history of the United States Category Colonization of the Americas Category ..., the political ramifications of the Crimean War , and unable to fully colonize the Americas to their satisfaction ... in the Americas. Many indigenous peoples protested the sale, arguing that they were the rightful ... conquest settlement. The first State protected trading company for sponsoring such activities in the Americas ... more details
in this sense refers to Western European countries colonization of lands mainly in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania the main European countries which were active in this form of colonization ...other uses Colonization disambiguation see also Colonialism Image Colonisation 2007.png thumb right 100 World empires and colonies 2007 Colonization or colonisation occurs whenever any one or more species ..., practice, tend, guard, respect , ref name Steele03 cite book title The Colonization of Unfamiliar ... the term to also describe the activities of birds, bacteria, or plant species. Human colonization is a narrower category than the related concept of colonialism . Colonization refers strictly to migration ... East. Another period of colonization in Ancient times was from the Roman Empire Romans . The Roman ..., waves of Roman colonization often followed the conquest of the areas. Many of the current cities ... out a large scale colonization. The Vikings are best known as raiders, setting out from their original ... power in world trade from roughly 1500 to 1900. Modern Colonization Image World 1898 empires colonies ... 100 World empires and colonies 1936 Image Colonization 1945.png thumb right 100 World empires and colonies ... 1974.png thumb right 100 World empires and colonies 1974 Colonization may be used as a method ... called colonization is debatable precisely because of the ambiguity of intentions behind the movement ... or other major political upheavals and sometimes this includes the influence of colonization. Many ... presence of the people in the new country. Neo Colonization see also Neocolonialism This term, usually pejorative, refers to a sort of unofficial colonization, in which a country s government ... the term Policy The theory of Science policy colonization Weingart and Mouton, 2004 argues that science ... to move to the colonized country. Hypothetical or fictional types of Colonization Ocean colonization main Ocean colonization The hypothetical permanent habitation of locations in Earth s ocean s is called ... more details
The colonization on Earth includes Colonization in Europe Colonization of the AmericasColonization of Africa Colonization of Asia Colonization of Oceania Colonization of Antarctica Ocean colonizationColonization of Ocean Atmosphere colonizationColonization of Atmosphere See also Space colonization Colonies in antiquity Imperialism Colonialism Colonization Category Colonialism Category History of colonialism history stub ... more details
The Colonization of Greenland may refer to either the failed Norse colonization of the Americas Greenland Norse colonization of Greenland in the 10th century the Danish colonization of the Americas Greenland Danish colonization of Greenland in the 18th century disambig ... more details
German colonization may refer to German colonization of the Americas German colonization of Africa German colonization in the Pacific Ocean See also German colonial empire Ostsiedlung , medieval eastward migration Drang nach Osten , 19th century expansion into Slavic lands Lebensraum , Nazi reinterpretation of Drang nach Osten disambig ... more details
language Aymara , Dutch language Dutch and Americas Languages many others time UTC 10 to UTC 0 UTC cities The Americas , or America , ref http www.m w.com dictionary america america Definition from ... as the Inuit migrated into North America, Norse colonization of the Americas Viking settlers began arriving ... to the New World original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization of the Americas European colonization during the Early Modern period . Pre Columbian is used especially often in the context ... isbn 0 333 40382 7 oclc 20055667 ref European colonization Main European colonization of the Americas Large scale European colonization of the Americas began shortly after the first voyage of Christopher ... Continent title Americas image File Americas orthographic projection .svg 300px 200px area 42,549,000 ... dependencies 23 br small List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas br small ... . In the English language, the Americas refers to the landmass es of North America and South America with their associated Lists of islands of the Americas islands and regions, whereas America , in current ... of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World ... ... However, the term is open to uncertainties ... ref The Americas cover 8.3 of the Earth s total ... map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal area projection Main History of the Americas Settlement ... Indians Paleo Indian migration to and throughout the Americas, including the exact dates and routes ... ice sheets. ref cite web url http www.physorg.com news169474130.html title The peopling of the Americas ... agreements achieved to date are the origin from Central Asia, with widespread habitation of the Americas ... name kind ref cite journal title A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported ... by Herb Roe. The pre Columbian era incorporates all archaeology of the Americas period subdivisions in the history of the Americas history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance ... more details
Empires Category Former colonies of Courland Courland colonization Category European colonisation in Africa Category Colonization of the Americas af Koerse kolonies fr Empire colonial courlandais ... but was driven off by the Dutch. The Courland Monument near Courland Bay commemorates the Duchy s settlements ... more details
National Colonization can refer to Colonization Societies to repatriate slaves, including National Colonization Society of America A plan implemented by Australia s National Colonization Society see History of South Australia The General Colonization Law , part of the 1824 Constitution of Mexico for claiming land in Mexican Texas for Mexico See also Colonization disambig ... more details
Wiktionary colonizationColonization can indicate several things Colonization of an area by a foreign entity Colonization series , a trilogy of books by Harry Turtledove A set of video games produced by Sid Meier Sid Meier s Colonization , a computer game released by Microprose in 1994 Civilization IV Colonization , a 2008 remake of the 1994 game Space colonization , human migration to other bodies in the Solar System Colonisation biology Disambiguation ... more details
unreferenced date January 2012 Atmosphere colonization is the theory and practice of permanent human settlement in the Earth s atmosphere . Such settlements may freely float in air, or float tied to the Earth s surface. One possible purpose of atmosphere s colonization is the exploration and testing of the habitat designs prior to attempts of Colonization of Venus Aerostat habitats and floating cities colonizing Venusian atmosphere . Sea also Ocean colonization Terra forming Colonization of Venus Colonization Emerging technologies Category Atmosphere Category Human habitats ... more details
The exploration of the Americas includes Exploration of North America Colonization of the Americas Voyages of Christopher Columbus Colonization Category Exploration Americas Category Americas hist stub ... more details
The colonization in Europe during the Classical antiquity Classical period up until the Middle ages was a process of Human settlement settlement of terra nullius uninhabited lands by people of the neighboring regions. Earlier colonization activities were made by the Moors on the Iberian peninsula , Phoenecians on the Mediterranean shores , and previous tribes going back to the Stone Age . Later activities with similar aims include the State organisation of the Ottoman Empire Vassal states Ottoman Empire conquest of European territories and their gradual transformation into regular provinces and the Lebensraum policy of Nazi Germany . See also History of Europe Exploration in Europe Modern empires loss of European territory Colonization on Earth External links http histories.cambridge.org extract?id chol9780521045056 CHOL9780521045056A002 The Settlement and Colonization of Europe Colonization history stub Category Europe Category History of Europe ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 History of the DRC Colonization of the Congo refers to the period from Henry Morton Stanley s first exploration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo 1876 until its annexation as a personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium 1885 . Early European exploration The Congo River was the last part of the Africa n continent to yield to European ethnic groups European explorers. One by one the other great mysteries had been investigated the coasts by Prince Henry the Navigator s Portugal Portuguese sailors in the 15th century the Blue Nile by James Bruce in 1773 the remote upper Niger River Niger by Mungo Park explorer Mungo Park in 1796 the vast Sahara by competitors Alexander Gordon Laing Laing , Ren Calli Calli , and Hugh Clapperton Clapperton in the 1820s the fever ridden mangroves of the lower Niger by the Lander Brothers in 1830 southern Africa and the Zambezi by David Livingstone Livingstone and John Clafton in the 1850s the upper Nile by Richard Francis Burton Burton , John Hanning Speke Speke , and Samuel Baker Baker in a succession of expeditions between 1857 and 1868. Though the Congo had been one of the first to be attempted, it remained a mystery. Since the 15th century, European explorers had sailed into the broad Congo estuary , planning to fight their way up the Waterfall falls and rapid s that begin only 100 miles 160 km inland, and then travel up the river to its unknown source. All failed. The rapids and falls, had they known it, extended for 220 miles 350 km inland, and the terrain close by the river was impassable ... the Americas , the East Indies , India , China , and Australasia . There seemed no economic sense ... trade Americas American slave trade had been extinguished. Stanley was applauded, admired, decorated&mdash ... Dutch , rent the Philippines from Spain , or establish colonies in China , Vietnam , Japan ... 2010 DRC topics DEFAULTSORT Colonization Of The Congo Category Belgian Congo Category Colonialism Category ... more details
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