Western countries are aiming to diversify their sourcing of crucial minerals as a way to reduce reliance on China.
In the capital Lisbon, 2 public projects represent different views of the country's colonial past. One is a memorial to victims of slavery and the other is a museum celebrating Portuguese explorers.
Students and researchers exploring the colonial history of the Caribbean region have a powerful new tool in their toolkits: Adam Matthew’s Colonial Caribbean collection, outfitted with Quartex ...
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The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...
The king of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, apologized in July 2023 for his ancestors’ role in the colonial slave trade. He is not alone in expressing remorse for past wrongs. In 2021, France ...
This Friday marks an important but mostly forgotten anniversary of an odd but oddly resonant chapter of Pacific Northwest history north of the border. It was on Jan. 13, 1849 that Great Britain ...
Itinerary of François Pyrard de Laval includes a visit to "Inde." On a chilly afternoon in February 1611, the town of Laval, a prosperous mercantile conurbation on the River Mayenne in northwest ...