Keywords: Colonisation 1800.png Colonial empires in 1800 fr Empires coloniaux en 1800 es Imperios coloniales en 1800 pt Impérios Coloniais em 1800 Maps of world history Own 2008-03-01 Jluisrs Colonial_empires_in_1800 svg 1800 Maps of the world showing history ImageNote 1 1261 511 80 75 1425 625 2 The extent of British influence in New Zealand in 1800 was the existence of whaling ships and flax traders Americans and French were also present in New Zealand waters Missionary presence had not even been established yet and gun traders weren't significant until about the time of the Musket Wars New Zealand not British prior to 1840 annexation However under the 1788 amended charter of the New South Wales colony islands adjacent to that region of Australia within the bounds of 10°37'S and 43°39'S are included under it This includes all but the Southern half of South Island Recognizing this might be like recognizing the Treaty of Tordesillas on this map but there is some basis for most of New Zealand being counted as a British colony on this map See http //en wikipedia org/wiki/History_of_new_zealand British_sovereignty http //en wikipedia org/wiki/43rd_parallel_south Nanib talk 19 08 8 September 2011 UTC ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 322 479 121 142 1425 625 2 Araucania and Patagonia not colonized or occupied by Europeans Mapuche groups prevented Southward expansion by Spanish Chile and Argentina began occupying the region from 1843-1902 http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Patagonia Chilean_and_Argentine_expansion_ 281843-1902 29 ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 468 48 96 73 1425 625 2 A Norwegian colony existed at Nuuk from 1728 It became Danish in 1814 http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Nuuk ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 778 335 68 82 1425 625 2 Omanese colonies on East African coast from 1698 It might be good to include this but if the focus of this map is European-related colonies then it shouldn't be http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Oman Oman_and_East_Africa ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 965 242 48 45 1425 625 2 British may have had further holdings in Bengal http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India Expansion_and_territory ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 800 297 41 32 1425 625 2 Zeila in Western Somililand ruled by Ottomans from 1548 http //en wikipedia org/wiki/History_of_Somaliland Ottoman_Somaliland ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 615 329 27 25 1425 625 2 Dutch Gold Coast from 1598 It might be too small to show http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Dutch_Gold_Coast ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 1167 281 155 64 1425 625 2 The Spanish East Indies in the Pacific After its discovery in 1521 all of Micronesia was included in the Captaincy General of the Philippines of Spain but his claim effectively began in 1885 the year in which the Micronesia partitioned between Spain and Germany ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 729 214 69 69 1425 625 2 In 1800 the French occupation lasted http //en wikipedia org/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria ImageNoteEnd 9 |