As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

In recent decades, fictional and quasi-fictional late 18th century works about real or imagined visits to the Indian subcontinent, and even interesting travel narratives written by relatively ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

From the 18th century, the industrial ... it is common for historians of empire to be told they are denigrating the nation’s history by linking the British countryside to the trans-Atlantic ...

The English had struggled in the previous century over ... against the nature of British government. Rather they objected to their changing place within the British Empire. The revolutionary ...

Archeologists in St. Augustine, Florida have discovered evidence of an 18th-century British fort ... historical maps show that seven British redouts were built when the British had administrative ...

The British Empire and the Russian Empire engaged in ... competition between the British and Russian Empires since the 18th century due to its geopolitical location. Being at the crossroads ...

My book is about the largest slave revolt in the 18th century British Empire in Jamaica, which was Britain’s most profitable colony in the Americas. It happened in 1760 and went on into 1761.

National Park Service archeologists identified the archeological remains belonging to the HMS Tyger, an 18th century British warship. The Fourth-Rate, 50-gun frigate sunk in 1742 after it ran ...

A sunken 18th-century British warship involved in a "historic shipwreck" has been identified, National Park Service archeologists in Florida said. The "HMS Tyger" is the name of the warship ...

Archaeologists have uncovered new research that provides definitive evidence that the remains of an 18th-century British warship are resting in the waters of South Florida. Although the discovery ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...