Colonies

 The Struggle for Empire

by John Ellis

"We have not inherited the Earth from our ancestors; we have borrowed it from our descendants"
 
-- Indian Proverb
 
 
 
When Columbus discovered what he thought to be a western route to the riches of the Indies, an outlet was found for the intense rivalries of the Western European Powers. In future, their main arena of competition was to be the new colonial empires they founded in Africa and the Americas.