Overview :Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebrato... Read More
Overview :Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By... Read More
Overview :For a British Empire that stretched across much of the globe at the start of the nineteenth century, the interiors of Africa and Australia r... Read More
Overview :Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most curious monuments to the British colonial pre... Read More
Overview :The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeb... Read More
Overview :Richard Burton was one of Victorian Britain's most protean figures. A soldier, explorer, ethnographer, and polyglot of rare power, as well a... Read More