By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

This map shows the approximate location of the ... Ptolemy who wrote a description of Britain, listing the names of the many British tribes. The Vacomagi lived in and around the Cairngorns.

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

English colonialists liked to say “The sun never sets on the British Empire ... to its colonies rather than fighting losing ...

The multicultural history of the United States is evident from maps of the country ... that the state’s name translates to ...

They are among more than 400 maps belonging to the Lovat Estates near Beauly in the Highlands. After the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden, the British ... Gaelic place names on these maps.

The map is now in the Museum and the digital version with the Roll of Honour and a brief description of each named feature will be available on the FIG website. The names can also be found on Open ...

Writing in the Daily Mail, he said: “Many of our former colonies – amid the complex ... colonised African and Asian nations.” “The British Empire was the largest ever known empire ...

EX-BRITISH colonies should be "grateful" for the Empire, Robert Jenrick said today. The Tory leadership finalist declared that states formerly controlled by the UK should stop demanding slavery ...

That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between ...

The new names will feature on all British maps, charts and publications; and they are also being put up to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for inclusion in its international ...

Dozens of former British colonies are challenging their old colonial rulers to make amends for slavery and other injustices suffered under the British Empire. The idea of reparations was floated at ...