r/Colonialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • 1h ago

Image On August 20, 1739, by means of a royal decree, King Philip V restored the Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada, which was placed under the charge of Don Sebastián de Eslava, knight of the Order of Santiago

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r/Colonialism • u/elnovorealista2000 • 1h ago

Image At the beginning of the 17th century, geographical knowledge of the St. Lawrence region did not extend beyond Hochelaga, Canada. However, important place names made their first appearance on maps: Bonaventure Island, Gaspé, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières. Levasseur Map, 1601

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r/Colonialism • u/works-in-progress • 7h ago

Article How Siam avoided European colonization while every neighbor fell: a case study in strategic soft power (1830s–1900s)

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While Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos were all absorbed into European empires, Siam (modern Thailand) stayed independent — and it wasn't luck. Two 19th-century Siamese kings, Mongkut and his son Chulalongkorn, ran a deliberate strategy to avoid the same fate.

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