These ten countries have overseas territories (territories), see how many you know
author:World Geography
Under the tide of national independence, today the United States | the United Kingdom| France| Australia| Spain| New Zealand| Norway| Denmark| the Netherlands| Portugal also have overseas territories and dependencies, or for special reasons to form a mutual or cooperative relationship.
Map of the distribution of overseas territories of the world's ten countries
From the above ten countries, it can be seen that Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, etc. have established a worldwide colonial empire; the United States, Australia, New Zealand, etc. have all been colonies of Britain and France, and Denmark and Norway are all Nordic countries.
In a world where the oceans account for 70.8% of the Earth's surface, it is self-evident that having overseas territories has a strategic advantage.
United States
The United States has territories overseas
United Kingdom
Britain has overseas territories
France
France has overseas territories
Australia
An overseas territory owned by Australia
Spain
The Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires were at their height
Map of the distribution of colonies in Spain's heyday
Map of the areas where Spanish is spoken today
An overseas territory owned by Spain
New Zealand
An overseas territory owned by New Zealand
Norway
An overseas territory owned by Norway
Dan Mai
Overseas territories owned by Denmark
Portugal and the Dutch overseas territories to be renewed...