world for their pursuit and development of geographic knowledge. The shortage of arable land in their ownregionled to maritime exploration and the development of commerce and colonies. By 600bceMiletus, on theAegean, had become a centre of geographic knowledge, as well as of cosmographic ...
New York, constituent state of the U.S., one of the 13 original colonies and states. Its capital is Albany and its largest city is New York City, the cultural and financial center of American life. Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading stat
The settlement is the first capital of the Virginia colony. The Middle Colonies In 1664, King Charles II gave the territory between New England and Virginia, much of which was already occupied by Dutch traders and landowners called patroons, to his brother James, the Duke of York. The ...
Most of the Dutch people (as well as the Belgian Flemings and Walloons, French Huguenots, Scandinavians and Germans) who were living there stayed put. This made New York one of the most diverse and prosperous colonies in the New World. ...
Slaves were brought to the United States primarily to meet the labor demands of the burgeoning agricultural economy, especially in the southern colonies. The reasons for bringing enslaved Africans to the United States included: 1.Labor Shortage ...
Throughout the 19th century, Australia was transformed with the arrival of free settlers and the discovery of gold, fueling economic growth and population growth.The six British colonies -New South Wales,Victoria,Queensland,South Australia,Western AustraliaandTasmania- gradually gained self-government. ...
History World Map: The Struggle for Colonial Dominion, 1700-1763; illustrating British, Dutch, French, Portuguese, and Spanish colonies, Southern boundary of Russian Siberia; The West Indies; James Cook's Voyages in the Southern Pacific.
The country gained independence on August 31, 1957. Independent Malaya became Malaysia on 16 September 1963 when it merged with the then-British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. In August 1965, Singapore was expelled from the Commonwealth and became a separate independent country. ...
The Dutch Empire grew to become one of the major seafaring and economic powers of the 17th century. In the Dutch Golden Age ("Gouden Eeuw"), colonies and trading posts were established all over the world. Dutch settlement in North America began with the founding of New Amsterdam, on the ...
the various states of Mexico, including 'Coahuila y Tejas'. In the lower-left corner appears a table informing prospective settlers of the number of families who have settled in each of Texas's colonies and the enticing promise of 4,428 acres of free land to the famil...