and manuscripts relating to British colonial architecture. In these pages, we unpack some of the links to empire in our building and collections. In this film, architect, artist and educator Giles ...

The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century by R.I Marshall (Oxford University Press, 1998) Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800 (New Studies in Economic ...

It would become the breadbasket of the British Empire. He wanted the unprocessed wheat to be shipped east where eastern manufacturers would process the grain to be shipped to England and the rest ...

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 ...

Two British parachutists jumped off the building ... the lovers’ holiday remains the only day to get married at the Empire State Building. The view from the top has been the backdrop for ...