- Transatlantic migrations
Transatlantic migration refers to the movement of people across the
Atlantic Ocean in order to settle on the continents of North and South America. It usually refers to migrations afterChristopher Columbus ' voyage to the americas in1492 . For earlier American migration, see the article on:Models of migration to the New World 16th to 18th century
*The
European colonization of the Americas
*TheGreat Migration (Puritan) of English to North America, from 1650 onward.
*Theforced migration of Africans: SeeSlave trade andAtlantic slave trade
*TheSpanish colonization of the Americas 19th century onward
As a result of the improvements in transportation after the
Industrial Revolution , long-distance migrations increased in the 19th century. Between 1846 and 1940 some 55 millions of migrants moved from Europe to America. 65% went to the United States. Other major receiving countries were Argentina, Canada, Brazil and Cuba. Also 2.5 million Asians migrated to America, most asindentured servant to the plantations of theCaribbean , but some also, notably Japanese, arrived in Brazil and the USA. [Adam McKeown. 'Global migrations, 1846-1940' in "Journal of World History". June 2004.]ee also
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Mass migration
*Italian diaspora
*Irish diaspora
*Germans in Argentina
*Chinese migration
*Japanese immigrationReferences
*Nugent, Walter, 1992, Crossings: The Great Transatlantic Migrations, 1870-1914, (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press).
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