Refer to Map 18.2 in the textbook.Which country played a much more minor role in the second wave of European conquests in the long nineteenth century than it had played in the first wave during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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Map 18.2 shows that Spain had very few colonies during the second wave of European conquests, compared to the large territories it controlled in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In contrast, Britain had a significant empire during the second wave, expanding its territories in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Italy and Germany did not have large colonial empires during either wave of conquests.