A map showing all the countries that Britain ... It also included incursions by British pirates, privateers, or armed ...

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 ...

Technically speaking, however, sunlight continued to shine on at least one portion of British-occupied land for about another six months. The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic ...

Such was the case with many an empire throughout the ages ... linger today.Assembled below are maps of historical empires, some of which rivaled the British as far as sheer land mass.