4224 x 5816 px | 35,8 x 49,2 cm | 14,1 x 19,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1898
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From an original John Tenniel (1820-1914) Punch cartoon of 1898. The Colonel Monroe referred to is probably the U.S. President James Monroe. A dig at the Monroe Doctrine, which was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States."[1] At the same time, the doctrine noted that the U.S. would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries. The Doctrine was issued on December 2, 1823 at a time when nearly all Latin American colonies of Spain and Portugal had achieved, or were at the point of gaining, independence from the Portuguese and Spanish Empires.
