Ep 05: The Portuguese Meet the Indian Ocean Trade Route (Part 2)
In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil on his way to India and claims it for Portugal. Two years later, Vasco da Gama sails to Calicu...
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The History of Colonisation
A chronological introduction to the history of European imperialism and colonialism from a history student's perspective. For further reading, check out the sources used in the episodes at F...
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5 episodesEp 04: The Portuguese Meet the Indian Ocean Trade Route (Part 1)
We look at the first Portuguese voyage to Asia, where Vasco da Gama and his crew sailed along the Cape Route for the first time and arrive i...
Ep 02: The Treaties that Divided the Early Colonial World
While Portugal was busy colonising islands off the Western African coast, Spain was emerging into its own, conquering the Canary Islands ove...
Ep 01: Ceuta and the Beginning of the "Age of Discovery"
In the first episode, we look at the beginnings of Portuguese colonisation in Ceuta in 1415, at the start of the so-called "Age of Discovery...
Ep 00: An Introduction to the Podcast
What is colonisation? In this podcast, we explore the history of Western colonisation in a chronological fashion: from the Spanish and Portu...