英语翻译请帮忙翻译几个句子：第一句：The military subjugation of Africa in mode

英语翻译
请帮忙翻译几个句子：
第一句：
The military subjugation of Africa in modern times,and the enslavement of sections of its population,was begun by Portugal in the middle of the 15th century;
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in the ensuing years Spain,England,France,and Holland joined in the lucrative undertaking.此后的岁月中,西班牙、英国、法国和荷兰都加入了这项有利可图的事业
第二句上文：The earliest extant record of a slave-catching expedition is that kept by Azurara,leader of a Portuguese venture in1446.现存最早的捕捉奴隶的远征记载是1446年葡萄牙远征队队长阿祖拉拉写的.
第二句：
It is typical of hundreds that were to follow in the generations to come,and we may pause to examine the event as described by its guiding spirit.
Azurara’s ship made land on the West-Central coast of Africa.Soldiers swarmed ashore; captured a few curious souls,and pressed at once inland seeking more victims.They found a community of people,and for the rest,we turn to the record directly.
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The beginning of the modern African slave trade preceded Columbus' voyage to the Western World by half a century.It started with Europeans invading the West African coast and seizing its inhabitants,in a rather crude and unorganized fashion,for sale on the European market,especially,in the first years,in Portugal and Spain.