An intelligence map drawn up after a British government reconnaissance trip into the Highlands to establish the threat of Jacobite unrest in the early 18th Century has been revealed in a new book.

The expansion of British imperial endeavours was accompanied by many years of warfare: over half of the 18th century saw the British at war, principally against France.

Ten plates used to print maps of the British Empire have been found in scrapyards. One of them, dated 1779, had been bought by a farmer in Norfolk to use as a mudguard for his tractor.

In sum, Arnab Chatterjee's work on British women writers of the late 18th century representing India is a balanced work, and one making good use of recent postcolonial musings about empire ...

Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy. Story by Carla Gardina ... Rather they objected to their changing place within the British Empire.

In 1732 just one estate in St. Kitts in the Caribbean, colonized by the British, needed £1000 of copper equipment and, by the mid-18th century, a single plantation worked by 300 people needed ...

An amateur metal detectorist has found a stunning 18th-century ring in a field in Norfolk that has links to the British nobility. Malcom Weale, 53, unearthed the gold jewellery in a field near ...

A sunken 18th-century British warship involved in a "historic shipwreck" has been identified, National Park Service archeologists in Florida said. The "HMS Tyger" is the name of the warship ...

Archaeologists have uncovered new research that provides definitive evidence that the remains of an 18th-century British warship are resting in the waters of South Florida.. Although the discovery ...

Archeologists in St. Augustine, Florida have discovered evidence of an 18th-century British fort, known as a redoubt. The discovery was made during a routine archeological review, which is ...

An intelligence map drawn up after a British government reconnaissance trip into the Highlands to establish the threat of Jacobite unrest in the early 18th Century has been revealed in a new book.