British colonies ditched the Pound Sterling as their currency for one simple reason. The Pound had been the dominant ...

Yet each island, however small, has its own separate history. Originally the Spaniards ... A Historical Geography of the British Colonies. By C. P. Lucas Vol. ii. The West Indies.

By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history ... lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies ...

for it concerns closely the future welfare and sometimes the very existence of British Colonial territories. The menace of soil erosion has perhaps been somewhat exaggerated in the past ...

Most New Zealanders probably think of their country at that time as a British ... young colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand in ways that help us understand our early European history.

Most New Zealanders probably think of their country at that time as a British ... young colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand in ways that help us understand our early European history.

Architectural historian John Stacpoole (1919-2018) described it as one of a series of buildings that were "little more than shacks", and on the surface it doesn't sound terribly special. There was no ...