Colonisation Americas
- Britannica: Colonization of the AmericasDuring the 15th century, the European countries of Spain and Portugal began sending ships on expeditions to find new trade routes to Asia. An accidental outcome of this search was the discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 of land in the Western Hemisphere. Although he and his immediate successors failed to recognize it, he had found another world: the Americas...
- Britannica: Conquest and Colonialism (Latin America)The region of Latin America covers all the Americas south of the U.S. border—that is, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies—about 15 percent of the Earth. With well over half a billion people, Latin America is 50 percent more populous than Anglo America.
- Science Encyclopedia - Colonialism Latin AmericaColonialism is all about the exercise of power and its consequences. Theoretically, the exercise of power entails the interaction of at least two parties negotiating (by various means or practices) their wills on one or more issues, as shown by their various actions or statements...
- Economy in Spanish ColonisationUnlike areas colonized by the English, Spanish America was always a more racially mixed society, although these mixtures made for their own problems. Early conquistadors were men.
- New World Encyclopedia - Spanish EmpireSpain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- Colonisation of the AmericasDuring the 15th century, the European countries of Spain and Portugal began sending ships on expeditions to find new trade routes to Asia. An accidental outcome of this search was the discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 of land in the Western Hemisphere..
- Britannica: Conquest and Colonialism (Latin America)The region of Latin America covers all the Americas south of the U.S. border—that is, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies—about 15 percent of the Earth. With well over half a billion people, Latin America is 50 percent more populous than Anglo America.
- History World - History of the Portuguese EmpireNew European empires: 16th century
Since the fall of Rome, there has been no empire based in Europe which extends outside the continent. This situation changes abruptly in the 16th century, when Spain and Portugal become the pioneers in a new era of colonization... - About.com - The Portuguese EmpirePortugal is a small country located in Western Europe at the western tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning in the 1400s, the Portuguese, led by famous explorers like Bartolomeo Dias and Vasco de Gama and financed by the great Prince Henry the Navigator , sailed to, explored, and settled in South America, Africa, and Asia...
- FRANCE'S FIASCO IN BRAZIL.This article recounts the history of France's attempts to establish imperial outposts in Latin and South America. The region was successfully colonized by the Spanish and Portuguese but France was trading frequently with Brazil in the early 16th century...
- Library of Congress Country Studies - BrazilBrazil - In 1500 Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet, which was en route to India, landed at Porto Seguro in what is now the state of Bahia. The territory that comprises modern Brazil had a native population in the millions, divided among hundreds of tribes and language groups
- Britannica: Canada - History – Rediscovery and ExplorationStretching westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and northward from its border with the United States to the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean, Canada is a huge and fascinating land of contrasts
- Library of Congress – Acadia and CanadaHenri IV, one of the few monarchs interested in maritime expansion and colonies, granted monopolies for the exploitation of Canadian furs, on the condition that grantees found settlements there and ensure their population...