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The Fra Mauro map, completed around 1459, is a map of the then-known world. Following the standard practice at that time, south is at the top. The map was said by Giovanni Battista Ramusio to have been partially based on the one brought from Cathay by Marco Polo. This is a chronology of the early European exploration of Asia. [1]
The first phase of European colonization of Southeast Asia took place throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Where new European powers competing to gain monopoly over the spice trade, as this trade was very valuable to the Europeans due to high demand for various spices such as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
In contrast, early European expansion in the "West Indies", (later known to Europeans as a separate continent from Asia that they would call the "Americas") following the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus, involved heavy settlement in colonies that were treated as political extensions of the mother countries.
Japan's Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere in World War II: selected readings and documents (Oxford University Press, 1975) Lee, Robert. France and the exploitation of China, 1885-1901: A study in economic imperialism (1989) Webster, Anthony. Gentleman Capitalists: British Imperialism in Southeast Asia 1770-1890 (IB Tauris, 1998)
Extent of colonization by European, American, Ottoman, and Japanese powers, 1492–2007 Map of the year each country achieved independence. The historical phenomenon of colonization is one that stretches around the globe and across time. Ancient and medieval colonialism was practiced by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Han Chinese, and Arabs.
East Asia Kwang-Chou-Wan (廣州灣) leased territory, now the city of Zhanjiang (Guangdong province) French settlements (French Concession of Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Hankou) French zone of influence officially recognized by China over the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong; Indochina. Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam. Annam ...
By the time of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road was firmly established. Eurasia around 200 AD. The history of Eurasia is the collective history of a continental area with several distinct peripheral coastal regions: Southwest Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe, linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe of Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
Dutch colonization in Asia (9 C, 3 P) F. Former colonies in Asia (18 C, 53 P) French colonisation in Asia (5 C, 13 P) G. ... Pages in category "European colonisation ...