India, often declared "the jewel in the crown" for the Empire, had won its independence just five years before. In 1952, British troops were fighting independence movements in Egypt and Kenya.

An incredible map ... the 1800s, it had spread across Asia and Australasia. It was the largest empire in history and the main global power, referred to as Pax Britannica. In 1912, the British ...

Deep in the Andean rainforest, the bark from an endangered tree once cured malaria and powered the British Empire. Now ... that has changed the world map (Credit: Celso Roldan/Getty Images ...

Many of the plants growing in the UK's soil today have their roots in colonialism and the British Empire — in fact there ... Brixton Botanical Map — a free map produced as part of Art on ...

Below is a map from 1901 showing the “British Empire” at one of its peak periods. The map doesn't convey the extent of British influence, especially, in Latin America. This is what historians ...

Ten copper plates used to print maps of the British Empire in the 18th Century have been rediscovered – in scrapyards. One of the plates, dated 1779 and described by the British Library as ...

Tabish Khan Maps (Lots Of Maps) At The British Library Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line, British Library 4 A map showing the way to escape from an under siege Sarajevo in 1996.

An astonishing map ... the 1800s, it had spread across Asia and Australasia. It was the largest empire in history and the main global power, referred to as Pax Britannica. In 1912, the British ...