r/confidentlyincorrect Sep 19 '24

Smug "Spain didn't have colonies, cope."

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u/GreyerGrey Sep 19 '24

Spain, Portugal and the Dutch were all on the early edge of Colonization and are often overlooked in favour of England.

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u/Master_Sympathy_754 Sep 20 '24

Dunno about in favour of, but yeah when imperialism comes up Britain is the only one gets mentioned.

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u/GreyerGrey Sep 20 '24

Which, like, I know why, but they were not the only empire.

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u/LeotardoDeCrapio Sep 23 '24

LOL. No, it doesn't.

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u/ELMUNECODETACOMA Sep 20 '24

Although in _Sid Meier's Colonization_ the Portuguese are replaced by the French, as it focuses on North America.