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Overall, the European exploration of Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries was very limited. Instead, they were focused on the slave trade , which only required coastal bases and items to trade. The real exploration of the African interior would start well into the 19th century.
The continuing anti-slavery movement in Western Europe became a reason and an excuse for the conquest and colonization of Africa. It was the central theme of the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference 1889–90. From start of the Scramble for Africa, virtually all colonial regimes claimed to be motivated by a desire to suppress slavery and the slave ...
Fezzan-Ghadames (1943–1951) (administration given by the UNO after its conquest by Charles de Gaulle) Egypt (ownership 1798–1801; Condominium of France and the United Kingdom 1876–1882) [2] The Foureau-Lamy military expedition sent out from Algiers in 1898 to conquer the Chad Basin and unify all French territories in West Africa. French ...
Using a Marxist analysis, he analyses the modes of resource extraction and systematic underdevelopment of Africa by Europe. He concludes that the structure of present-day Africa and Europe can, through a comparative analysis be traced to the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. He includes an analysis of gender and states the rights of African ...
The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 in two periods: the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance to the crown, and the Conquista realenga, carried out by the Spanish crown itself during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.
1826 – Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu, but is murdered upon leaving the city. [99] 1827 – Jedediah Smith crosses the Sierra Nevada (via Ebbetts Pass) and the Great Basin. [29] 1828 – French explorer René Caillié is the first European to return alive from Timbuktu.
This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their ... South Africa: 1879 United Kingdom: Fante ...
In 1854, the discovery of quinine and other medical innovations helped to make conquest and colonization in Africa possible. [100]: 269 There were strong motives for conquest of Africa. Raw materials were needed for European factories. Prestige and imperial rivalries were at play.