The Scramble for Africa. But other factors played an important role in the process. The political impetus derived from the impact of inter-European power struggles and competition for preeminence. Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were competing for power within European power politics. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the acquisition of territories around the world, including Africa. The social factor was the third major element.
Edmund Fitzgerald redirects here. For other uses, see Edmund Fitzgerald (disambiguation). SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.
About 1915 EST., on November 10, 1975, the Great Lakes bulk cargo vessel SS EDMUND. FITZGERALD, fully loaded with a cargo of taconite pellets, sank in eastern Lake Superior in. position 46 59.91 N, 85 06.6âW, approximately 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay, Michigan. The ship was en route from Superior, WI, to Detroit, MI, and had been proceeding at a. reduced speed in a severe storm.