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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 .
Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced European maritime powers, Portugal and Spain, during the 15th century. [2]
The influence and imperialism of the West (Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, United States) and associated states (such as Russia and Japan) peaked in Asian territories from the colonial period beginning in the 16th century and substantially reducing with 20th century decolonization.
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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 ...
Central Asia in world history (Springer, 2016). Best, Antony. The International History of East Asia, 1900-1968: Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order (2010) online Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine; Catchpole, Brian. A map history of modern China (1976), new maps & diagrams; Clyde, Paul Herbert.
Map of Central Asia for overview of trade routes and movements from 128 BC to 150 AD: Date: Dated 1876 Published 1877: Source: F. von Richthofen (1877). China: Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und darauf gegründeter Studien. Band 1, Einleitender Theil [China: Expedition results and studies based thereupon. Volume 1, Introductory Part].