Yep, King Leopold "gimme a hand" IIWell, keep in mind who their leader at the time was.
God, that makes me dread to think of all the atrocities that could happen in this giant empire.
Yep, King Leopold "gimme a hand" IIWell, keep in mind who their leader at the time was.
That would make sense, but we're talking eighteenth century empire building-minded European Monarchs, small is not typically in their vocabulary.These were actually projects under Leopold I, and likely would have been pretty small if any of them had been undertaken.
Well, 19th, and regardless these colonies would look more like Santo Tomás than the Congo Free State. These were conceived as settler colonies, not economic.That would make sense, but we're talking eighteenth century empire building-minded European Monarchs, small is not typically in their vocabulary.
Didn't realize I put eighteenth century.Well, 19th, and regardless these colonies would look more like Santo Tomás than the Congo Free State. These were conceived as settler colonies, not economic.
Belgium had some truly insane colonial ambitions
I imagine this included basically colonies/communities of Belgians, Flemings, or Walloons in general. And I feel we should see your sources on some of these.View attachment 413441
Belgium had some truly insane colonial ambitions
I did, and it was a really good one!I'm assuming you watched my video?
I imagine this included basically colonies/communities of Belgians, Flemings, or Walloons in general. And I feel we should see your sources on some of these.
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Belgium had some truly insane colonial ambitions
...Is Belgium trying to become a James Bond villain?
Dr. Evil spent his childhood summers in Belgium, if that counts for anything.
While the list is impressive, there's no much sourcing there, even in the philosophy's essay footnotes you're linking, tough.snip
Well yes, that's true. I just wanted to make a map that shows all the places that Belgium wanted and considered. Even if they weren't finalized ideas, the idea of them is fascinatingly bizarreWhile the list is impressive, there's no much sourcing there, even in the philosophy's essay footnotes you're linking, tough.
I searched a bit, and this is what I found
It mentions Guatemala, New Hebridae, Congo (I mean, of course), Ethiopia, etc. But note that all of these papers are NOT systematically about colonial projects as such : for instance the Compagnie de Colonisation du Guatemala was not about taking over the territory of Guatemala, but a colony in the sense of establishing a litteral settlement of Belgians and Belgian owners there to tie local economies and population to Belgium, as you had settlements of Europeans and Americans in Latin America in the XIXth and XXth
I think there might be a certain...hastiness trying to consider colonies' projects in Florida or India as being litterally the same than what was made in Congo.
Well
they got the Congo and Santo Tomas
so like... 1.5/~50 potential colonies
Here you go, Belgium, take this:
Considering the map linked to doesn't have internal boundaries for China, but does have those boundaries between the Siberian areas, I would say those might have been satteliate states. As the person mentioned, they weren't going to try translating it.