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Australasia 143 years ago today: British Western Pacific Territories (13 August 1877) https://buff.ly/2EgCAUr In 1871 Cakobau united Fiji and proclaimed himself king. However, growing debt and continued social unrest persuaded the new king to cede his island kingdom to the British just three years later. To better administer their expanding holdings in the region, the British used Fiji as a base from which to form their Western Pacific Territories in 1877. #1870s #1877 #19thcentury #august #august13 #australasia #australianhistory #cartographic #cartography #fiji #fijianhistory #heritage #historia #historian #historic #historicalatlas #historicalmaps #histories #historybuff #historydegree #historyteacher #maps #newzealandhistory #teachinghistory #tonga #britishempire #victorian #victorianera #todayinhistory #thisdayinhistory (at Suva, Fiji) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD0pqVFAyYi/?igshid=1rwjcuhfbc9p7

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NEW MAP: North America 1521: Fall of Tenochtitlan (13 Aug 1521) https://buff.ly/2Ut5Jlt In June 1520 Moctezuma’s brother Cuitláhuac led the Aztecs in revolt against the Spanish, resulting in Moctezuma’s death and forcing Cortés to flee Tenochtitlan. Cuitláhuac died a few months later—perhaps from smallpox—and was succeeded by Cuauhtémoc, while the Spanish fell back on Tlaxcala to reorganize. In late 1520 Cortés was ready to return, gaining control of Lake Texcoco with a locally-constructed fleet of brigantines, and capturing Tenochtitlan itself in May–August 1521. #16thcentury #americanhistory #ageofdiscovery #august13 #aztec #aztecempire #aztecs #conquistador #conquistadors #hernancortes #historian #historical #historyfacts #historygeek #historylover #historylovers #historymatters #historynerd #map #maps #mexicanhistory #mexico #northamerica #colonialism #smallpox #spanishempire #tlaxcala #moctezuma #montezuma #newmap (at Tenochtitlán, Mexico, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Y_DacA7ly/?igshid=orkuc1dqze6c

The Arctic 160 years ago today: Amur Acquisition (13 Aug 1859) https://buff.ly/2YLPKmb Russian expeditions and settlers had been infiltrating China's Amur region since the late 1840s. After the Crimean War exposed the vulnerability of Russia's Pacific possessions to naval attack, the Tsar agreed to back these settlements to consolidate power in the Far East. Taking advantage of China's embroilment in the Second Opium War, the Russians managed to persuade the Chinese to cede first the land to the north of the Amur River then, after negotiations between the Chinese and the Allies briefly broke down, the land to the south (Primorye). #arctic #history #welovehistory #map #1850s #19thcentury #victorianera #victorian #1859 #allies #amur #august #august13 #amuria #russianfareast #chineseempire #qingdynasty #russianempire #britishempire #opiumwar #khabarovsk #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #geopolitics (at Khabarovsk, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1GLmjJgUlb/?igshid=1xyqw4codt20z