Great Britain Empire Map

It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by england between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. When hong kong was transferred to china in 1997, queen elizabeth's son prince charles. Old maps library vintage reproduction map of british empire 1872.

An anachronous map of british and, prior to the acts of union 1707, english imperial possessions colonies colonies were territories that were intended to be places of permanent settlement, providing land for their settlers. The british empire controlled territories, shown in red, on every continent in the world. While the sun now does set on the british empire (and increasingly earlier during the winter months), in terms of british conquests, the country still covers the globe.

Nineteen per cent of the people who left britain between 1821 and 1911, about 3.4 million people, went to canada.

The establishment of trading companies helped great britain to become powerful in trading. This map shows a combination of political and physical features. United kingdom is one of nearly 200 countries illustrated on our blue ocean laminated map of the world. By the 1870s, africa was also under british rule.