When Portugal's and Spain's discoveries began to return new lands to Europe, the European powers began colonising the new lands. Particularly the continent of America had the Europeans scrambling for territory.
Portugal's and subsequently Spain's routes mainly followed the winds, which lead them to South America, where Portugal began the colonisation of Brazil. Spain, on the other hand, found itself in the Southern parts of the Caribbean, where the most sophisticated natives, the Aztec, were still in power. Rather than attempting to settle with the Aztec, Spain decided to fight them and won eventually.
Great Britain and France were soon interested in the new territories revealed and particularly the new types of resources that had emerged; such as potatoes, chocolate and coffee. Their route lead them to North America in particular, but Great Britain was determined there was other lands to be colonised elsewhere, such as Australia.
The Netherlands, for its part, did not intend big areas of territory for its colonies, instead favoring rather small, but important positions. The Dutch were particularly interested in spices, even selling the island of Manhattan to the British in exchange for spice-rich colonies.
Mainly other countries would later join the adventure, but with far less significant colonies. Germany would first begin its actual colonisation in the late 1800s, when the scrambling for Africa was already under way.
@Djoser: that there is the Flag of the Bourbon Monarchy, used between the blue and three fleurs-de-lis of the middle ages under the Valois and the Tricolore of the Revolution.
And I see you've actually got the proper version of the ensign on Miss Britain there as well: the White on Blue diagonal cross of St. Andrew (Scotland), with the Red on White vertical cross of St. George (England)... but the Red diagonal cross of St. Patrick (Ireland) not added yet. That's the correct flag for the time period, and is still used today in Canada as a 'Loyalist' flag for those people whose ancestors who were colonists that fought on the British side of the American Revolution.
(And yes, that includes some of my ancestors, who were Germans, the 'Poor Palatines' who left the border areas between France and Germany because France was taking them over, moved to England in the early 1700s to escape the French, then moved to New England to find work. There's a reason there are so many people of German ancestry on both sides of the Eastern Canada-U.S. border.)
some picture suggestions 1 family uses girls breasts as table 2 busty girl gives guy no room on bus seat or on back seat of car 3 girls havins a meal where their portions reflect (or contradict) their bust size 4 multiple kids play on top of mom's boobs thanks
You know, I just realized, at a retarded length (retarded as in delayed, not stupid, look it up people) that the look between Portugal and Spain has a little meaning. If you look before to Portrugal's page or Spain's page on the Historine home site, there's a rivalry between the two of them which explains the nasty look Portrugal is giving one of Spain's heads...But I have to say, Spain has two expressions here, one with a Cheshire cat grin and the other going "Oh lord..." Which Mystify me a bit, Portrugal has the accurate rival "GTFO" face on, and Spain looks about ready to pounce her...I forget if there were any serious marriages between Spain and Portrugal at this time, or if this was just "Nah nah-na-na-Nah I raped the Aztecs so nyeh" sort of thing. It might also depend on which head is which part of Spain.
Oh yes, and love the squish effects as always Woot. You'd think they'd want to stand further apart >.>...Or the painter is a devilish fellow claiming to want to get them in the 'shot' way before a camera was even a thought. That or Gravitational pull... Still *dazes out*
You should have done something referring to cake. One of the famous quotes about colonization was that Africa was a, "Vast Cake for the carving of European countries."
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Portugal's and subsequently Spain's routes mainly followed the winds, which lead them to South America, where Portugal began the colonisation of Brazil. Spain, on the other hand, found itself in the Southern parts of the Caribbean, where the most sophisticated natives, the Aztec, were still in power. Rather than attempting to settle with the Aztec, Spain decided to fight them and won eventually.
Great Britain and France were soon interested in the new territories revealed and particularly the new types of resources that had emerged; such as potatoes, chocolate and coffee. Their route lead them to North America in particular, but Great Britain was determined there was other lands to be colonised elsewhere, such as Australia.
The Netherlands, for its part, did not intend big areas of territory for its colonies, instead favoring rather small, but important positions. The Dutch were particularly interested in spices, even selling the island of Manhattan to the British in exchange for spice-rich colonies.
Mainly other countries would later join the adventure, but with far less significant colonies. Germany would first begin its actual colonisation in the late 1800s, when the scrambling for Africa was already under way.