NY Dispatch Day 183: It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire. England colonized the world for centuries, imposing their culture, legal structure, and language on others. They once held India, Australia, Canada, and parts of Africa, the Caribbean and the Falkland Islands, among others. At one point their Empire spanned 24% of the planet’s habitable land mass, and they extracted wealth from other countries, enslaved the native populations, and filled their museums with the sp...
Published on September 14, 2020 16:58