Australia, 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…
View More AustraliaCategory: Websites
Greater Antilles
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…
View More Greater Antilles
Windward Islands
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 IslandsThematic: Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology 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…
View More Thematic: Cryptozoology
French West Africa
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
British 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,…
View More British GuianaAden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate was a British protectorate in southern Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadramaut following the conquest of Aden by Great Britain in 1839. Beginning with a formal treaty of protection with the Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra in…
View More Aden Protectorate
Ifni
Ifni (Territorio de Ifni) was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands. Spain’s presence in the area can be traced to a settlement called Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña, founded in 1476. After attacks by the Berbers, the…
View More Ifni
Thematic: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a “consulting detective” in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases…
View More Thematic: Sherlock HolmesPalau
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, and historically Belau, Palaos or Pelew, is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The country contains approximately 340 islands, and together with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years ago by migrants from…
View More Palau