Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jamestown settlement in Virginia, which officially was started on May 14, 1607, was one of the first European colonies to last ...

The colonies of the second class exported produce of the total value of $24,000,000 : the highest being British Guiana, with $9,000,000; the lowest Trinidad, with $6,750,000. It is impracticable to ...

Alien floras in regions that were once occupied by the same European power are, on average, more similar to each other compared to outside regions and this similarity increases with the length of time ...

The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental transportation, introduction ...

A few years ago, one of us (Guillaume) moved to the town of Stellenbosch, in South Africa, and found himself walking through town while being shaded from the sun by European oak trees. The region is ...

Germany today is one of the most admired countries in Europe and around the world. Nevertheless, it isn’t far from anyone’s mind that they tried pretty hard to conquer Europe and came darn close to it ...

DOOKHEE GUNGAH, born of Indian migrants, began life in 1867 in a shed in Mauritius and worked as a child cutting sugar cane. By his death in 1944, he was one of the island’s richest businessmen. He is ...