Steamboat Imperialism (jan 1, 1807 – jan 1, 1898)

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1807–1898
By the mid-nineteenth century, Western imperialism seemed to have reached its limits. Three centuries after Cortés, over half of the Americas were still Indian territory. In Asia, the British advance was stopped by the Afghans. Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia were off-limits to Europeans. The French conquest of Algeria required as many years as Napoleon’s conquest of Europe, as did Russia’s conquest of the Caucasus.

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