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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

A Brief History of Human Migration

Just over 500 years ago, on 3 August of 1492, Christopher Columbus, the admiral from Genoa underwritten by Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain, set off on the first of 4 trips across the Atlantic. He sailed from Iberia to the Caribbean, then on to the South and Central American mainlands. Colonies were founded by Columbus and his younger brother Bartholomew; waves of colonists followed in their wake.
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fromNature
5 months ago

How 'organized looting and plunder' drove Britain's second scientific revolution

The East India Company monopolized scientific knowledge from Asia, reshaping global understanding while subjugating local knowledge systems.
Jessica Ratcliff explores how colonial capitalism influenced the transfer of knowledge during Britain's Second Scientific Revolution.
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