European exploration and desire for trade brought together the peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Provide an overview of the development of connections in the Atlantic World beginning during the fifteenth century. Be sure to pay attention to the development of trading outposts in Africa, including the trade in enslaved laborers, and the Middle Passage, as well as the first colonies developed by the Spanish in the Caribbean and mainland Latin America.

European exploration and desire for trade brought together the peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Provide an overview of the development of connections in the Atlantic World beginning during the fifteenth century. Be sure to pay attention to the development of trading outposts in Africa, including the trade in enslaved laborers, and the Middle Passage, as well as the first colonies developed by the Spanish in the Caribbean and mainland Latin America.