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Construction and role of Dutch coastal forts in West Africa (1620–1800)

1612 - 1800

16 entries

Cathedral construction and ecclesiastical institutions in colonial Mexico (1524-1821)

1524 - 1821

17 entries

Casa de Contratación and the asiento system (1503-1810)

1503 - 1790

12 entries

Capital flows: VOC shares, Amsterdam markets, and colonial investment (1602–1720)

1602 - 1720

12 entries

Cape‑to‑Cairo telegraph, rail and imperial communication projects (1878–1914)

1879 - 1914

15 entries

Cape Colony: Dutch establishment, administration, and settler society (1652–1795)

1649 - 1795

14 entries

British West Indies and the transatlantic slave trade (1660–1807)

1660 - 1807

14 entries

British conquest of Egypt and the Sudan (1882–1899)

1881 - 1899

16 entries

Bourbon Reforms in Spanish America (c.1763-1810)

1763 - 1810

14 entries

Boundary commissions and treaty-making across Africa (1885–1914)

1885 - 1914

15 entries

Berlin Conference and the formal partition of Africa (1884–1885) and immediate aftermath

1879 - 1890

12 entries

Belgian rule and administration of the Congo Free State under Leopold II (1885–1908)

1885 - 1908

13 entries
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