It's at that point,

在这个时期
as you can see from the maps in the book

从书上的地图可以看到
and you can see from the discussion,

我们讨论欧洲强国征服世界的时候
that the European powers really conquer the world.

也会讲到有关内容
There's no other way to put it.

的确是如此
There's a frenetic, wild chase even to the South pole as part of that.

他们甚至狂热地想把南极纳入帝国版图
The African continent, of which there were huge blanks

曾经大片空白的非洲大陆
in the maps of Africa, by 1914 virtually the entire continent

到1914年不仅仅被从地图上瓜分
was not only charted but had been conquered.

而且已经被列强们占领了
Europeans really control the globe.

欧洲真正地控制了世界
The Americans, in a smaller way,

美国紧随其后
are part of the New Imperialism.

从小处说也是新帝国主义的一部分