The history of the modem Imperialism began with the European Age of Discovery, at the end of the 15th century, when Columbus discovered the Red Indian’s America and Vasco da Gama went round the Cape, significantly christened as the Cape of Good Hope, and landed on the coast of India at Calicut. Soon after this, first arose the empires of Spain and Portugal in the Americas and in South and East Asia. These empires, however, were not fully modem in form and policy, for they retained many features and practices of the earlier imperialisms.<\/p>