The moment Europe embarked on long-distance trade with Asia in 1498, a process started that would ultimately lead to large European colonial empires. Yet Europeans weren’t able to get a foothold in Asia until the mid-18th century http://ow.ly/bKSE50uryN6 pic.twitter.com/1bOAfz2mtM
6:00 PM - 29 May 2019
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