Question

What was new to the 16_18th century colonisatuon

Answer 1

Aside from the size and the number of sails the lower ship also utilizes triangular lateen sails, which allow for better manuverability and can sail against wind better than square sails. They allowed Europeans to reach new lands they wouldn’t be able to with earlier ships. They sought India but found something they would later call America, which changed a backwater sub-continent into a breeding pot of superpowers

The historical phenomenon of colonization is one that stretches around the globe and across time. Modern state global colonialism, or imperialism, began in the 15th century ...