The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, TextFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
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The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, Text
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Europe -- Historical geography
Advance of Aragon and Portugal 533
Final advance of Castile; kingdom of Granada; Gibraltar 534
Geographical position of the Spanish kingdoms 534-535
Title of ‘King of Spain;’ the lesser kingdoms 535-536
§ 2. _Growth and Partition of the Great Spanish Monarchy._
Little geographical change in the peninsula; territories
beyond the peninsula; the great Spanish Monarchy 536
Conquest of Granada; end of Mussulman rule 536-537
Union of Castile and Aragon; loss, recovery, and final loss of
Roussillon; annexation and separation of Portugal 537-538
Gibraltar and Minorca 537
Advance of Aragon beyond the peninsula; union with the
Sicilies and Sardinia 538
Extension of Castile dominion; the Burgundian inheritance;
duchy of Milan 539
Extent of the Spanish Monarchy; loss of the United Netherlands;
lands lost to France 539
Partition of the Spanish Monarchy; later relations with the
Sicilies; duchy of Parma 539-540
§ 3. _The Colonial Dominion of Spain and Portugal._
Character of the outlying dominion of Portugal 540
African conquests of Portugal; kingdom of Algarve beyond
the Sea; Ceuta, Tangier 541
Advance in Africa and the islands; Cape of Good Hope;
dominion in India and Arabia 541-542
Settlement and history of Brazil; the one American monarchy 542
Division of the Indies between Spain and Portugal; African
and insular dominion of Spain 542-543
American dominions of Spain; revolutions of the Spanish
colonies; two Empires of Mexico 543-544
The Spanish West Indies 544
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BRITISH ISLANDS AND COLONIES.
Isolation and independence of Britain; late Roman conquest
and early loss; Britain another world and Empire 545
Shiftings of the Celtic and Teutonic kingdoms; little geographical
change in later times 546
English settlements beyond sea; new English nations 547
§ 1. _The Kingdom of Scotland._
Greatness of Scotland due to its English elements; two English
kingdoms in Britain 548
Use of the Scottish name 549
Analogy with Switzerland 549
The three elements in the later Scotland; English, British,
Irish; Lothian, Strathclyde, Scotland 549
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