British Isles and Empire — Maps

EARLY BRITAIN

56 B.C. to 784 A.D.

Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the first Viking Raids on Saxon England

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Physical Map of the British Isles

Britannia

Roman Britain

Roman Britain about 410

SAXON, DANE, AND NORMAN KINGDOMS

802 A.D. to 1154 A.D.

Egbert the Saxon becomes first King of Wessex, to Death of the Last Norman King

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England in 550: Anglo-Saxon invasion, phase I

England in 584: Anglo-Saxon invasion, phase 2

The British Isles at the time of the Saxon Invasion

Britain about 600

First Home of the English: Saxon, Jutes, Angles

England in 626:Kingdoms under the influence of Northumbria

The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain

England in the eighth century

Anglo-Saxon Britain: the Heptarchy

Saxon England in the Eighth Century

England in the ninth century

England after the Treaty of Wedmore

England at the Treaty of Wedmore

England and her Invaders in the 11th century

Dominions of Cnute, 1014

Dane-Viking Invasions : Kingdom of Canute

England on the eve of the Norman Conquest

Battle of Senlac (Hastings)

Empire of William I: England and Norman France

England 1087-1154

Norman England : Possessions of William I

PLANTAGENET KINGS

1154 A.D. to 1485 A.D.

Henry Plantagenet claims throne of England, to War of the Roses

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Angevin Dominions of Henry Plantagenet

The Angevin Empire of Henry II

Empire of Henry II: England, Normandy, Aquitaine

Ecclesiastical Map of the British Isles in the Middle Ages

Mediaeval England and Wales

Empire of Henry III: England, Gascony

Wales & the Marches in the 13th century

The Scottish Borders

England during the reign of Edward III

Battle of Crecy

Battle of Poictiers

France at the Peace of Bretigny: 1360

Battle of Agincourt

Siege of Orleans

France in 1429, at the time of Joan of Arc

England and France, 1455-1494

HOUSE OF TUDOR

1485 A.D. to 1603 A.D.

Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth Field, to Death of Queen Elizabeth

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Ecclesiastical England during the reign of Henry VIII

The Invincible Armada

HOUSE OF STUART

1603 A.D. to 1714 A.D.

James Stuart ascends to throne of England, to Death of Queen Anne

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Battle of Edge Hil

Battles and Sieges of the Civil War

Battle of Edge Hil

England during the Civil War : 1643

Battle of Marston Moor

Battle of Nasebey

England during the Civil War : 1645

Battle of Dunbar

Battle of Steinkirk

Battle of Neerwinden

The Narrow Seas: British Naval Wars

England before the Industrial Revolution: 1701

Battle of Blenheim

Battle of Ramilles

SCOTLAND

483A.D. to 1707A.D.

Union of Picts and Scots under Kenneth Macalpine, to the Act of Union

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Scotland in the 11th century

Scotland before Wallace and Bruce

Battle of Bannockburn

Scotland in the 17th century showing clans

Scotland during the English Civil Wars

Scotland after the English Civil War

Scotland : Southern Section

Scotland : Northern Section

Orographical Central Scotland

FOUNDATION OF EMPIRE

1714 A.D. to 1814 A.D.

Robert Walpole becomes First Prime Minister, to Battle of Waterloo

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North American Colonies, French, British, Spanish

Battle of Quiberon Bay

Siege of Quebec

North American Colonies, British, Spanish

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of the Nile

The North Atlantic: showing Nelson's Track

Battle of Copenhagen

Battle of Trafalgar

HEIGHT OF EMPIRE

1814 A.D. to 1902 A.D.

Aftermath of Napoleonic Wars, to the Second Boer War

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United Kingdom parliamentary representation before 1832

Industries of Victorian Britain

Battle of Sebastopol

British Empire at the turn of the 20th century

IRELAND

450 A.D. to 1922 A.D.

St. Patrick brings Christianity to Ireland, to Irish Independenc

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Ireland before the English Invasion

Ireland in the Middle Ages

Ireland before the Tudor Conquest

Ireland during the Tudor Reconquest

Ireland since the Reformation

Ireland during the Williamite War: 1690

Western Ireland, 1691

Eighteenth and Nineteenth century Ireland

Ireland: Southern Section

Ireland : Northern Section

CANADA

1495 A.D. to 1947 A.D.

Cabot's first voyage to North America, to Union of Canada and Newfoundland

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North America: United States, British, Spanish

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

1770 A.D. to 1931 A.D.

First Voyage of Captain Cook, to the Statute of Westminster

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The British Settlement of Australia

Exploration and Colonization of Australia and New Zealand

INDIA AND CHINA

1600 A.D. to 1902 A.D.

First Charter of British East India Company, to Boxer Rebellion in China

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India after the Carnatic Wars

Battle of Seringapatam

Battle of Assaye

India at the turn of the 19th century

Battle of Meanee

Battle of Sobraon

Battle of Ariwal

Indian Mutiny, showing distribution of troops

India at the time of the great Mutiny

COLONIAL AFRICA

1770 A.D. to 1910A.D.

James Bruce discovers the Blue Nile, to Union of South Africa

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Capetown colony before the Great Trek

Colonial Africa

European possession in Africa in the early 20th century

French and British colonies of West Africa

Natal and Zululand before the Boer and Zulu wars

South Africa showing the growth of British power

GREAT WAR

1902 A.D. to 1922A.D.

Prelude to Aftermath

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England after the Industrial Revolution : 1911