List of colonies

This is a list of territories and polities that have been or are considered colonies.

Colonies of European countries

Main article: List of former European colonies

British

Main article: Territorial evolution of the British Empire
Main article: British Empire

French

Main article: List of French possessions and colonies

Russian

See also: Russian colonization of America

German

Main article: List of former German colonies

Italian

Main article: Italian Empire

Dutch

Main article: Dutch colonial empire

Portuguese

Main article: Evolution of the Portuguese Empire

Spanish

Main article: Spanish Empire
Viceroyalty of New Spain
Viceroyalty of New Granada
Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Brazil during the Iberian Union

Austrian

Main article: Austrian colonial policy

Danish

Main article: Danish colonial empire

Belgian

Main article: Belgian colonial empire

Swedish

Main article: Swedish overseas colonies

Norse

See also: Scandinavian colonialism

Norwegian

Main article: List of possessions of Norway

Colonies by Oceanian countries

Australian

New Zealander

Colonies by Asian countries

Japanese

Main articles: Japanese colonial empire and List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan

Colonies by Pan-American countries

American

Further information: List of Guano Island claims and United States territorial acquisitions

Mexican

Ecuadorian

Argentine

Chilean

Colonies by African countries

South African

Moroccan

Colonies by former countries

Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Roman

Carthage

See also: Carthage

Chola (Tamil)

Couronian

Genoese

See also: Genoese colonies

Venetian

See also: Stato da Màr

See also

References

  1. ^ Naomi Porat (1992). "An Egyptian Colony in Southern Palestine During the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic". In Edwin C. M. van den Brink (ed.). The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th.-3rd. Millennium B.C. : Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Cairo, 21.-24. October 1990, at the Netherlands Institute of Archaeology and Arabic Studies. Van den Brink. pp. 433–440. ISBN 978-965-221-015-9. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ^ Terrenato, Nicola. The deceptive archetype: Roman colonialism in Italy and postcolonial thought. na, 2005.
  3. ^ Peck, Joshua J. The biological impact of culture contact: a bioarchaeological study of Roman colonialism in Britain. Diss. The Ohio State University, 2009.
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