AP EH CHAPTER 24: AN AGE OF MODERNITY AND ANXIETY, …

Asia in the Age of Imperialism. although Asia had been open to Western influence since the 16th Century, not much of its immense territory had fallen under direct European control. The British. it was not until the explorations of Australia by Captain James Cook between 1768 and 1771 that Britain took an active interest in the East. ................
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