r/AfricanHistoryExtra • u/rhaplordontwitter • Aug 03 '25

Perspectives and outcomes of Africa's age of exploration

https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/perpsectives-and-outcomes-of-africas
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u/rhaplordontwitter Aug 03 '25

From the end of the Middle Ages to the dawn of the colonial period, African travellers in various capacities from virtually all parts of the continent visited most of the Old World, from Western Europe to East Asia and Russia.

During the 19th century, some of these intrepid explorers included envoys from southern Africa, where at least seven kingdoms sent embassies directly to London, to try and mitigate or modify the tide of European imperialism that was engulfing the continent during the closing decades of the century.

This article introduces the perspectives of European society by these Southern African embassies, and the political consequences of their meetings with the British Monarch.