Atlas of British Overseas Expansion

With the help of almost 140 maps and town plans and explanatory texts, this atlas covers a vast area in terms of period and passage of time, geography, place and distance.
In addition to Britain's colonial development, it touches on subjects including the changing territorial pattern of empire, exploration, trade, communications and imperial defence, war and conquest, the activities of Britain's missionaries and consuls and the shift of white settlement.

List of contents

Contents include: Bristol and the Atlantic, 1480-1509, Early attempts at settlement in North America, Ireland, 1543-1625, European rivalries in teh New World, 1650-1713, Canada at the British conquest, 1763, British Expansion in India, 1765-1805, The Australian colonies and their expansion to teh 1850s, Trinidad, c. 1850, The South African War, 1899-1902, Canada, 1867-1949, The Partition of Ireland, 1919-1922, The Malaysn Emergency, 1948-1960, The Suez Crisis, 1956, The Falklands War of 1982, Delhi in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

About the author

A.N. Porter

Summary

This atlas comprises a full guide to the history of Britain's imperial enterprise. In addition to Britain's colonial development, it touches on subjects including the changing territoral pattern of empire, exploration, trade, war and conquest.

Product details

• Assisted by: A N Porter (Editor), A. N. Porter (Editor), A.N. Porter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.1991
• EAN: 9780415019187
• ISBN: 978-0-415-01918-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Maps, city plans, atlases; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Historical Geography, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Geographical maps (specialist), National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Historical Geography, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, National liberation and independence, Geographical maps: specialist / thematic maps