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Bookmark or Share- Why didn’t the U.S. annex the entire Spanish East Indies at the end of ...Following Spain’s utter defeat in the 1898 Spanish-American War, the United States annexed (at least temporarily) almost the entirety of the Spanish colonial empire, including parts of the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines, 3 plus the island of Guam 4 in the southern Marianas); however, apart from Guam, Spain’s Micronesian holdings were ...
- 20th century - What universities existed in Dutch East Indies, and how ...Prior to 1800, the education system was in the hands of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC). There was no higher education, only schools which. were small, locally based, and mostly religiously oriented. The company distrusted the effects of education on its indigenous subjects and gave schools little encouragement
- Did Columbus really never know he reached a new continent?Moreover, Columbus coined the name "Indias Occidentales"--"West Indies." He knew of the East Indies (lands which had long been known to Europe, and which the Portuguese under Vasco da Gama reached in 1498 by sailing in the opposite direction--eastward); he simply had realized that HIS Indies were in a different part of the world.
- Where did the term "Indies" come from? - History Stack ExchangeExploration of the East Indies by European powers began in the last three years of the 15th century and continued into the 16th century, led by the Portuguese explorers. The Portuguese described the entire region they discovered as the Indies. But did this have anything to do with the land of India being part of (or being close to) the Indies?
- Did the British East India Company operate in the West Indies?This question in the Science Fiction and fantasy stack exchange asks about the British East India Company operating in the West Indies. According to Wikipedia, there were a number of East India Companies .
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