EU has aroused my interest in history so I have been doing some basic research on the countries that the game involves, especially the ones that I know little or nothing about. I found this interesting tidbit about Courland at britannica.com:
This surprised me a great deal. I was under the assumption that the only powers that attempted to gain colonies in the New World were France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Russia, Denmark and Sweden with the last three only making minor efforts. I am also surprised that such a small country would try to form colonies.
Does anyone have more details about the Courland colonies and why they failed? And are there any other countries in Europe that attempted colonization in the New World, Africa or elsewhere that I did not mention? I find this all fascinating.
This surprised me a great deal. I was under the assumption that the only powers that attempted to gain colonies in the New World were France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Russia, Denmark and Sweden with the last three only making minor efforts. I am also surprised that such a small country would try to form colonies.
Does anyone have more details about the Courland colonies and why they failed? And are there any other countries in Europe that attempted colonization in the New World, Africa or elsewhere that I did not mention? I find this all fascinating.
