A Sketch-Map History of Britain, 1783-194

Reprint. 128pp, with numerous maps. Quarter bound in linen over plain card boards with green lettering on front panel. Small 4to. Boards lightly rubbed on edges and joints, a few mild marks. Endpapers spotted, with previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A comprehensive history of the expansion of the British Empire, told in part through maps, now serving as an insight into the ways in which the Empire was viewed in the middle of the 20th century. Sections on The Peninsular War, Britain in 1783, The Work of the Navy, Palmerston, Gladstone's Foreign Policy, Ireland to 1801, North America Exploration and Settlement, the Indian Mutiny etc.