Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America. Colombia is the third-most-populous country in Latin America, and the world’s third-most populous Spanish-speaking country. It is one of the world’s seventeen megadiverse countries and has the second-highest level of biodiversity in the…
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Nyasaland was a British Protectorate located in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 and 1963, Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After the Federation was dissolved, Nyasaland became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964 and was renamed Malawi. Nyasaland’s history…
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British Central Africa was a protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi. British interest in the area arose from visits made by David Livingstone from 1858 onward during his exploration of the Zambezi area. This encouraged missionary activity starting in the 1860s, undertaken by the Universities’ Mission to Central…
View More British Central AfricaMalawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The part of Africa now known as Malawi was settled by migrating Bantu groups around the 10th century.…
View More MalawiAustralia, officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising six states and ten territories. Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century, who named it New Holland. In 1770, Australia’s eastern half…
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The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea. The area also formed part of the Spanish West Indies (Spanish Antilles). Six island states share the region of the Greater Antilles: Cayman Islands Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico While most of the Greater…
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The Windward Islands, also known as the Islands of Barlovento, are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies. The name was also used to refer to a British colony in these islands, existing between 1833 and 1960 and consisting of the islands of: Dominica…
View More Windward IslandsCryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that aims to prove the existence of entities from the folklore record, such as Bigfoot, the chupacabra, or Mokele-mbembe. Cryptozoologists refer to these entities as cryptids, a term coined by the subculture. Because it does not follow the scientific method, cryptozoology is considered a…
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French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale Française) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa. The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis, Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation’s collapse in 1960. The territories that made up the federation were: Dahomey French Guinea (Guinée…
View More French West AfricaBritish Guiana was a former British colony, part of the British West Indies, which resided on the northern coast of South America. The first European to encounter Guiana was Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle there, starting in the early 17th century,…
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