SNAPSHOTLong-Distance Migration in an Age of Empire, 1846–1940
The age of empire was also an age of global migration. Beyond the three major patterns of long-distance migration shown here, shorter migrations within particular regions or colonies set millions more into motion.20
Origins | Destination | Numbers |
Europe | Americas | 55–58 million |
India, southern China | Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean rim, South Pacific | 48–52 million |
Northeast Asia, Russia | Manchuria, Siberia, Central Asia, Japan | 46–51 million |