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Colonial Empire, Habsburg-style
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What do Mozambique, Tianjin, and the Nicobar islands have in common? Very little! Except that they were all sites of the Habsburgs' clumsy attempts at an overseas empire. In this episode, we dive into three little-known and ill-fated colonial ventures that saw the Habsburgs trying their hand at global expansion with less than stellar results. And while the lasting impacts of these colonies are near non-existent, you can see some in one of these places – if you squint.
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Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
- https://secretvienna.org/aeiou-isnt-just-a-string-of-vowels/#:~:text=There%20are%20multiple%20possible%20meanings,comes%20from%20Frederik%20III's%20notebook.
- https://www.habsburger.net/de/kapitel/aeiou
- https://www.vienna.at/raetsel-geloest-das-bedeutet-das-kuerzel-a-e-i-o-u/7994782
- https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/weak-yet-tenacious-emperor-frederick-iii
- https://hdgoe.at/1919_tianjin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_Tianjin
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