Spanish West Africa (África Occidental Española) was a grouping of Spanish colonies along the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa. It was formed in 1946 by joining the southern zone of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, the colony of Ifni and the colony of Spanish Sahara into a single administrative unit.…
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New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a special collectivity of France, currently governed under the Nouméa Accord, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a…
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Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. Yemen is characterized as a failed state with high necessity of transformation. Yemen’s constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sanaa, but the city has been under Houthi rebel control…
View More Republic of YemenSaint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea and is part of the Lesser Antilles. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Amerindians and later, Hewanorra, the name given by the native Caribs. The…
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Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK’s Queen Victoria. Part of the region forms the Ross Dependency. See also Polar…
View More Victoria LandNorth West Pacific Islands were also known as German New Guinea, New Britain, Nauru and New Guinea. These islands were seized by Australia from Germany during World War I. Blogs Big Blue 1840-1940 L
View More North West Pacific IslandsMauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Republique Islamique de Mauritanie), is a country in Northwest Africa. Mauritania was part of French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale Française) from 1920, as a protectorate and, then, a colony. It became the independent in November 1960. L
View More Islamic Republic of MauritaniaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo, which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling…
View More South KoreaThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a federal semi-Dominion that consisted of three southern African territories—the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland—between 1953 and 1963. The Federation was established on 1 August 1953, with a Governor-General as the Queen’s representative at the centre. An interesting and novel feature was the African Affairs Board, set…
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French Polynesia (Polynésie française), officially the Collectivity of French Polynesia, is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic and its sole overseas country. It is composed of 118 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over an expanse of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific Ocean. Following…
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