The New York Times17d
Destruction of the British Brig "Alma" and Rescue of the Crew.
The brig G.T. Ward, BRIGGS, master, which arrived to-day from St. Marks, reports that on the 2d inst., Barnegat bearing west 15 miles, during a heavy blow from W.N.W., fell in with the British ...
BBC1y
The British Empire
The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...
Daily Mail21d
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary sensationally reveals he 'hates the British Empire with a passion' and claims its success was like 'playing football against children'
The author of celebrated children's book series Horrible Histories has revealed what he really thinks about the British Empire 30 years after the first book was released. Award-winning writer ...
Cambridge University Press3y
Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire
This book is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Irving presents a first history of the British Empire that takes account of the sense of empire as intellectual as well as geographic ...
Washington Examiner10d
British academia’s ongoing mental breakdown over the legacies of empire
The Truth About Empire: Real Stories of British Colonialism; By Alan Lester Hurst; 304 pp., 34.95 Pennycuick, a British Indian Army engineer, achieved deification for building the Mullaperiyar Dam ...
How the sun will set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years
The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...
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Brig Lily: New memorial to 1852 maritime tragedy to be unveiled
The blast happened on the Brig Lily, which was wrecked on Kitterland on 28 December 1852. The men from Port St Mary were killed attempting to salvage the ship’s cargo, which included gunpowder.
Cambridge University Press1y
The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600–1750
Global Food History, p. 1. This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural ...