• @Eheran
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    58 months ago

    Don’t forget the section of South America that is also Europe on that picture.

      • @grue
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        8 months ago

        It’s because that little chunk of South America is French Guiana, which is a full-fledged part of France (not just a territory, but a departement with political status equal to the ones in mainland Europe).

        It’s also where the European Space Agency launches their spacecraft from, by the way.

        • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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          28 months ago

          Cool. I’m not sure what that has to do with the continent, though. Politically, I’m uncertain if that would count as something other than colonization, either.

          • @grue
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            28 months ago

            It depends what aspect of colonization is important to your definition, I guess. Is it about imperialist expansion to non-contiguous territories, or is it more specifically about extracting resources from those territories for the exclusive benefit of the motherland?

            At any rate, I would say that French Guiana either counts or doesn’t count as a colony of France to the same extent that Hawaii counts or doesn’t count as a colony of the United States.

    • @SlopppyEngineer
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      28 months ago

      There is probably a reason those countries all speak Spanish or Portugese.

      • @Eheran
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        18 months ago

        Yes, that is what colonialism tends to do. It is still not part of Europe, which is a well defined geographic(!) region. Wiki: Europe