The History of Colonisation

The History of Colonisation

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The History of Colonisation episodes

  • Ep 09: Aden and Hormuz

    This episode explores the failed conquest of Aden (1513) and the colonisation of Hormuz (1515). What was the significance of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in early Portuguese expansion? For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    17 min
  • Ep 08: Of Spice and Men in Maluku
    The 1512 Portuguese colonisation of the Spice Islands (Moluccas/Maluku) was part of a much bigger desire to partake in the spice trade. But why were these islands so important? What were spices used for in Europe? For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. [Correction: At 15:15 - The Treaty of Zaragoza was signed in 1529, not 1524.]
    17 min
  • Ep 07: The Capture of Malacca in 1511

    We’re finally in Southeast Asia - this episode traces the history of Malacca as a port under the Malacca Sultanate to the 1511 Portuguese conquest, marking the beginning of European colonisation in Southeast Asia. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    19 min
  • Ep 06: The Portuguese Goa-shore in 1510

    We turn to Goa in this episode, and the roles that the Battle of Diu, Afonso de Albuquerque, and Portuguese exiles played in its colonisation. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    20 min
  • 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 Calicut again. Their attempts to claim a slice of the lucrative trade profits in the region comes at a cost. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    21 min
  • Ep 03: Christopher Columbus and the New World

    With recent news of the dismantling of statues of Christopher Columbus and various colonial figures, this episode comes at a timely moment. This is the story of a sailor encountering a portion of a population on another continent in 1492, and this very meeting would mark the beginnings of the devastation of one continent’s inhabitants and of Europeans gaining power and dominion over much of the world. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    30 min
  • 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 over a span of about 90 years. The second part of the episode highlights the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) and the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) which split the early colonial world into two. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    14 min
  • 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". The next part of the episode then touches on a brief timeline of islands colonised by the Portuguese along the West African coast just before the end of the 15th century. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    12 min
  • 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 Portuguese explorers in the Americas in the late 15th century, to the British Empire at its apex in the 18th/19th centuries, and then the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century. Follow for new releases along the way!
    7 min

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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…