Contains more than 400 articles (along with maps, pictures and photographs) on the colonial empire of Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the United States from the voyages of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal to the present.

Thematic areas include:

1. Commodities and Trade
2. Concepts and Ideas (Economic)
3. Concepts and Ideas (General)
4. Corporations/Businesses
5. Empires
6. Explorations and Migrations
7. Foreign Policy
8. Geographical Regions (Cities, Countries, and Regions)
9. Ideologies
10. Industries
11. Infrastructure
12. Laws, Treaties, and Declarations
13. Organizations and Institutions
14. People and Peoples
15. Politics and Political Movements
16. Religion and Religious Concepts
17. Rivalries
18. Scientific and Cultural Practices
19. Wars, Battles, and Incidents

Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.