Question: Austrian colonization of Nicobar Islands was a short-lived and unsuccessful attempt of Habsburg Monarchy to make a colony of Nicobar Islands, this had previously been a Danish colony and Austria established it with the mistaken assumption that Denmark had abandoned its claims to the islands, which term denotes the colonies that Denmark-Norway possessed from 1536 until 1953, and,Denmark alone after 1814?
Sentence (from "Danish colonial empire"): At its apex the colonial empire spanned four continents (Europe, South America, Africa and Asia).
Relevant evidence: No