The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Every Year Mapped

In 1583 England claimed Newfoundland. By 1920 Britain ruled about a quarter of the world's land, the largest empire in history. By 1997 almost all of it was gone. Watch it grow and fall, year by year, on a globe. Liked this one? Watch how another empire rose and fell, from one city to the whole Mediterranean: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: Every Year Mapped    • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: Eve...   CHAPTERS 0:00 A quarter of the world 0:37 Roanoke, Jamestown and the Caribbean 1:33 The Hudson's Bay Company and India 1:46 Gibraltar and the Seven Years' War 3:12 The Thirteen Colonies break away 3:28 Sydney, India and Napoleon 4:44 Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong 5:41 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 6:07 The Scramble for Africa 6:51 The Boer War and the First World War 7:26 1920: the largest empire in history 7:49 Ireland and the Statute of Westminster 8:27 The Second World War in Asia 8:55 India, Pakistan and Partition 9:10 Suez and the wind of change 10:07 East of Suez and the Falklands 10:43 Hong Kong, 1997 11:18 The territories that remain ABOUT THIS MAP Solid red: British rule or a Crown claim. Red stripes: looser ties such as protectorates, princely states, mandates and dominions after 1931. Borders are approximate, and colours show claims, not full control: much of the land was still held by Indigenous peoples. Full notes and sources are in the pinned comment. MAIN SOURCES British Empire overview, area and population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British... Dominions and the Statute of Westminster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute... Treaty of Waitangi: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/tr... Chagos Islands today: https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/uk... Map data: Natural Earth borders (naturalearthdata.com), Mapzen Terrain Tiles elevation For more astronomy, space exploration, and science content, check out our parent channel, ‪@Cosmoknowledge‬.