The Koranna (also Kora, Korana) were a population group in today’s South Africa until the 19th century.
Korana people preparing to remove. Drawn by Samuel Daniell
Tag: Colonialism
Colonialism is the state-sponsored seizure of foreign territories and the subjugation, expulsion or assassination of the resident population by a colonial rule. The domination colony was mostly based on a military conquest after prior contact and pre-orientation.
Of this type, For example, India as a British colony, Togo as German, Taiwan as Japanese, and the Philippines as the colony of the USA.
Macao in 1834. The settlement of Chinese, British and Portuguese traders.
The occupation of Macao by a grant from the head of the celestial empire to the Portuguese, as a reward for their services against the pirates infesting the islands at the mouth of the Canton river, took place on or about the year 1586.
The Grand Durbar at Cawnpore after the Indian Uprising of 1857.
Grand Durbar at Cawnpore after the suppression of the Sepoy Revolt. Lord Canning investing the loyal Rajahs with decorations and proprietary rights by Marshall Claxton, Blackie and Son, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1862.
Indian plantation workers at Malabar around 1910.
Plantation workers harvest pepper in the historic, fabulous Malabar, today’s Kerala state, South-West of India.
Various opium pipes. Opium smocking in Shanghai 1899.
The native opium grown in China, is generally considered the most inferior, and the Indian opium, especially Malwa and Patna, the best.
Usagara, Chief of Mamboya, with his son and witch doctor.
Usagara, Tanzania. Chief of Mamboya, with his son and witch doctor.
Zulu Warrior. Zulu-Kraal. South Africa 1899.
Zulu Warrior. South Africa 1899. Wedding dance, ornaments utensils, interior hut.
Barbados Colony in 1685. Reign of James II.
This plate represents a soft brocade gown which was brought from England to the Barbadoes Colony in 1685.
Igorot or Cordillerano Native. Ifugao couple. Philippine Islands.
The Igorot (also Cordillerano) are an indigenous people living on the Philippine island of Luzon.
Ruins about the Taj Mahal, Agra.
The pleasure-grounds belonging to the Taj Mahal are watered daily during the dry season; and they are clothed in perpetual verdure, while the surrounding country is a wilderness.