The Portuguese maritime empire
The Spanish Empire
The Dutch maritime empire
The English/British Empire
The French colonial empire
Primary sources
Afonso de Albuquerque on Malacca (1511)
Bernal Diaz del Castillo, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (c. 1568)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, letter from the East Indies (1614)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 4 topics
Unit 4 overview4.10Comparison of Coerced Labor Systems4.1Technological Innovations from 1450 to 17504.2Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 17504.3Columbian Exchange4.4Maritime Empires Established4.5Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed4.6Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 17504.7Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 17504.8Continuity and Change from 1450 to 17504.9The Atlantic Slave Trade