To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...

The place was once known for being a penal settlement, where convicts were transported to by the British Empire between 1830 and 1877. This was a time when free settlers and thousands of convicts ...

Chicago has always provided a place for the disenfranchised, whether from the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, or today for those fleeing violence, famine, environmental disasters or ...

Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...

The story of Argentina, from before the Europeans arrived to the modern-day, also tells us the story of South America at the ...

The ceremonial county of Berkshire is smaller than the historic county of Berkshire; a large portion of the area was absorbed into its northern neighbor, Oxfordshire, some time ago. Still, Berkshire ...

The British Library/Flickr/CC0 The first humans who made journeys were likely those looking for shelter, food and water. But some of the earliest recorded expeditions were for trade. In 3000 BC, the ...

There is madness, yes. But imperialism has always been tinged with madness. Hundreds of millions of people from the Americas to China have been either killed or subdued so that a small part of the ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

A premier event for numismatists: Noonans Mayfair unveils The Hammersley Collection of British Milled Sovereigns ... was to re-establish the political and economic power of Britain and its Empire.” He ...

The neo-classical cathedral’s construction began in 1830, but it took 22 years to complete ... Gornostajev and built during the 19th century when Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. The ...

The Attorney General has described “almost every element” of the British Empire as racist and revealed he fought to get reparations. Lord Hermer, speaking on a podcast for his former chambers ...