The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

A map showing all the countries that Britain ... By the 1800s, it had spread across Asia and Australasia. By 1912, the ...

The geography of the world can be defined through maps, which gained their definition after the 14th century. These maps are laid out in two-dimensional colourful patterns, with drawn lines on ...