Electronic reproduction of 110 illustrations and photographs, of prominent individuals and scenes of colonial empires, from materials in the British Library featured in the Image Gallery within Empire Online. Portraits of notable figures in the study of Empire and imperialism include the Duke of Wellington, Captain Cook, Francisco Pizarro and many more. These are supplemented with striking images of colonial landscapes, maps and indigenous peoples that bring to life the history of empire
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Includes images of the following people: Captain Cook, Duke of Wellington, Francisco Pizarro, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Bligh, Lord Chelmsford, Major General Charles Gordon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Richard Cobden, Lord Clive Robert, Sir Hope Grant