An intelligence map drawn up after a British government ... which had responsibilities for defences across the growing British Empire in the 18th century, limited projects due to financial ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sides’ latest book, “The Wide Wide Sea,” depicts the fatal third voyage of 18th Century British naval captain ... later produced the first reliable maps of the northwest coast of North ...

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 ...

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 ...