In order to view this content with full interactivity you ... Disclaimer: this map is intended to illustrate trends in the British Empire at the relevant fixed points in time.

Explore the changing European view of the world in the animated history of maps across the centuries. Each map tells a unique story of contemporary knowledge, full of belief and prejudice.

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...