What Each Nation Wanted From the Scramble for Africa

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[igoralmeida]

Portugal claiming the entire continent of Africa was a total chad move

[teixeira]

Portugal claims half of the world for itself,
Portugal claims Africa for itself,
Portugal claims half of africa for itself,
Portugal claims territory between their already existing colonies,

Portugal gets scammed,
Portugal is now sad :(

[hyperspce]

"So Leopold, what do you want out of Africa?"
"Uhh, lemme have Wisconsin"

[pseudonym]

Just a clarification: Ethiopia should not be included in the treaty of Tordesillas claim for Portugal because it is a Christian nation and thus exempt from Portuguese control per the Pope's decree. Any undiscovered Christian lands (and remember some Europeans at the time thought there was a powerful Christian king Prester John out there somewhere, probably in Africa) have the right to their own sovereignty. So in short, Portugal could not lay claim to Ethiopia as the map indicates.

[cauadasilva]

Portugal: Claims the entire continent
Leopold: Claims Portugal

[franklinclinton]

Others ”want something”
Portugal ” want’s everything”
Leopold ”want’s Portugal.”

[masterspark]

6:32 “Italy had long had ambitions on North Africa” is an understatement

[karsentubeyt]

Portugal: **Claims all of Africa**
Leopold II: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-gamer move.”
Also Leopold II: **Claims Portugal**

[vinny]

"Spain proclaimed ownership over the western Sahara. No one cared."

That just seems sad tbh.

[sail]

"sharing is caring"
Portugal: *i don't care*

[Awakeningspirit]

Now I have this horrific image of Leopold sending his goons into Wisconsin and forcing the population to make huge quotas of beer and cheese, and beer-cheese... and chopping off hands if they didn't.

[comradeelmo]

1:07 - Germany
2:10 - UK
3:50 - France
4:50 - Belgium
6:15 - Italy
7:46 - Portugal
9:36 - Spain
10:57 - Austria-Hungary
12:00 - Netherlands
12:22 - Russia
13:56 - United Kingdoms of Sweden & Norway
14:39 - Denmark
14:53 - Ottomans
16:00 - USA

[ThisTheAviator]

I like how Leopold just wanted the entirety of Portugal as a colony, not like their islands off the coast or their colonies, THE ENTIRE FUCKING PORTUGAL.

[thespanishinquisition]

The Belgian Congo is what happens when the weird kid really wants to join the group project

[khalilmason]

Portugal: *Claims all of Africa*

Leopold: *Claims all of Portugal*

“Oh yeah, it’s BIG BRAIN TIME.”

[thatsaboat]

I think the funniest thing is Leopold just claiming random landlocked us states, without even claiming territory to connect them to the ocean

[tiagorodrigues]

Did anyone realize britain was that friend who wants to get in the middle of everything? LITERALLY!?
France, Germany, Portugal why don't we make colonies more simple? From east to west.
Britain: How about I create a fucking thicc line between you all?

[gms]

Portugal: claims all of Africa
Canary Islands: *pathetic*

[thecodnob]

Does anyone else just imagine that the Berlin conference was like an auction with Bismarck shouting countries and the others were shouting prices

[btube]

*Belgium:* We claim Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas

*U.S.A.:* We would like to announce the newest US state of Belgium