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European control of nautical technology made Europeans in coastal strongholds effectively impossible for local Indigenous populations to dislodge.
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“which because of their monopoly over nautical technology means they were effectively unable to be extricated by any local indigenous populations.”Play from 51:13Report a misattribution
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