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<\/a><\/div>\nMigrations have happened through the ages. So peoples in even during the Regency had wanderlust, a strong desire to see the world. And dare I say it, they even moved beyond the ballrooms of Almack’s. They traveled, they went on holiday, and upon occasion they conquered.<\/p>\n
After the Seven-Year War, \u00a0George Macartney in 1773, talked of the vastness of England’s reach, “the British Empire on which the sun never sets.”<\/p>\n
The common attitude of having at least 184 colonies (accumulated from the 1700’s to 1950’s) around the globe supports the concept, making adaptations of the phase very popular:<\/p>\n
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- “The sun never set on the British Flag” (Rev. R. P. Buddicom, 1827)<\/li>\n
- “The sun never set on British Empire” (Christopher North 1839)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
When I study the\u00a0list of\u00a0colonies, I believe they are quite right:<\/p>\n
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\n Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\n Dog Island, Gambia<\/td>\n Mombasa<\/td>\n Sabah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Archipelago of San Andr\u00e9s, Providencia and Santa Catalina<\/td>\n East Jersey<\/td>\n Colony of Natal<\/td>\n Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Province of Avalon<\/td>\n Essequibo (colony)<\/td>\n New Brunswick<\/td>\n Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bangladesh<\/td>\n Falkland Islands Dependencies<\/td>\n New England Colonies<\/td>\n Sarawak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Barbados<\/td>\n Fiji<\/td>\n New Hampshire<\/td>\n Crown Colony of Sarawak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Basutoland<\/td>\n Florida<\/td>\n Province of New Hampshire<\/td>\n Sheikhdom of Kuwait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Belize<\/td>\n British Gambia<\/td>\n New Hebrides<\/td>\n Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n History of Belize<\/td>\n Gambia Colony and Protectorate<\/td>\n New Jersey<\/td>\n Singapore in the Straits Settlements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bengkulu<\/td>\n The Gambia<\/td>\n Province of New Jersey<\/td>\n Post-war Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Berbice<\/td>\n Georgia (U.S. state)<\/td>\n New South Wales<\/td>\n South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bermuda<\/td>\n Province of Georgia<\/td>\n New York<\/td>\n South Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Black River (settlement)<\/td>\n Gibraltar<\/td>\n New Zealand<\/td>\n South Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Honduras<\/td>\n Gilbert and Ellice Islands<\/td>\n Colony of New Zealand<\/td>\n Province of South Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Bencoolen<\/td>\n Gold Coast (British colony)<\/td>\n Newfoundland and Labrador<\/td>\n South Sudan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Colony of British Columbia (1858\u201366)<\/td>\n Grenada<\/td>\n Newfoundland Colony<\/td>\n Southern Colonies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Colony of British Columbia (1866\u201371)<\/td>\n Guadeloupe<\/td>\n Nicobar Islands<\/td>\n Stoddart Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Kaffraria<\/td>\n British Guiana<\/td>\n Nigeria<\/td>\n Straits Settlements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British West Indies<\/td>\n Heligoland<\/td>\n Nikumaroro<\/td>\n Sudan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Western Pacific Territories<\/td>\n Hilton Young Commission<\/td>\n North Australia<\/td>\n Swan River Colony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Brunei<\/td>\n History of West Africa<\/td>\n Crown Colony of North Borneo<\/td>\n Tasmania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Burma<\/td>\n Hong Kong<\/td>\n North Carolina<\/td>\n Colony of Tasmania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British rule in Burma<\/td>\n British Hong Kong<\/td>\n Nova Scotia<\/td>\n Thirteen Colonies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Canada<\/td>\n India<\/td>\n Nyasaland<\/td>\n Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Province of Quebec (1763\u201391)<\/td>\n Jamaica<\/td>\n Ohio<\/td>\n Tokelau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Province of Canada<\/td>\n Colony of Jamaica<\/td>\n History of Ohio<\/td>\n Transvaal Colony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Canadas<\/td>\n Jordan<\/td>\n Ohio Country<\/td>\n Trinidad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cape Breton Island<\/td>\n Kunta Kinteh Island<\/td>\n Operation Sunrise (Nyasaland)<\/td>\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cape Colony<\/td>\n Crown Colony of Labuan<\/td>\n Orange River Colony<\/td>\n United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Province of Carolina<\/td>\n Lagos<\/td>\n Orange River Sovereignty<\/td>\n Historic regions of the United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Carriacou and Petite Martinique<\/td>\n Lagos Colony<\/td>\n Pakistan<\/td>\n Upper Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Ceylon<\/td>\n Lakshadweep<\/td>\n Territory of Papua<\/td>\n Van Diemen’s Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Chesapeake Colonies<\/td>\n British Leeward Islands<\/td>\n Pennsylvania<\/td>\n Colony of Vancouver Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Chopawamsic<\/td>\n Lower Canada<\/td>\n Province of Pennsylvania<\/td>\n Victoria (Australia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Colonial Nigeria<\/td>\n Maine<\/td>\n Plymouth Company<\/td>\n Colony of Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Colonial Fiji<\/td>\n Malabo<\/td>\n Prince Edward Island<\/td>\n Walvis Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n C\u00f4n \u0110\u1ea3o<\/td>\n British Malaya<\/td>\n History of Pulicat<\/td>\n Weihai (British Colony)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Connecticut<\/td>\n Malayan Union<\/td>\n Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands<\/td>\n Wessagusset Colony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Connecticut Colony<\/td>\n Malaysia<\/td>\n Queensland<\/td>\n British West Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cook Islands<\/td>\n Malta<\/td>\n Restoration (Colonies)<\/td>\n West Indies Federation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cook Islands Federation<\/td>\n Crown Colony of Malta<\/td>\n Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations<\/td>\n West Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cyprus<\/td>\n Massachusetts<\/td>\n Northern Rhodesia<\/td>\n Western Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n British Cyprus (1914\u20131960)<\/td>\n Province of Massachusetts Bay<\/td>\n Colonial history of Southern Rhodesia<\/td>\n Western Samoa Trust Territory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Delaware<\/td>\n Mauritius<\/td>\n Southern Rhodesia<\/td>\n British Windward Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Delaware Colony<\/td>\n Middle Colonies<\/td>\n Rivers State<\/td>\n Wituland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Demerara<\/td>\n Minorca<\/td>\n Rodrigues<\/td>\n Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Demerara-Essequibo<\/td>\n Mississippi<\/td>\n Rupert’s Land<\/td>\n Zulu Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Lately, I have been thinking about the hopes and dreams that sent people on a journey to an unknown world. Was it religious freedom like the Quakers? Could it be the quest of gold or the hope for eternal gold by proselytize a different people? What attitudes did they bring? Did social station withstand the hard work of building a colony timber by timber?<\/p>\n
For my birthday (March 13 – shameless plug), my lovely husband bought me two copper engraved maps, one of England (1810) and one of South African (1835). I see stories brewing. Stay tuned.
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References:<\/p>\n
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- Bartlett, John (1865). Familiar quotations (4th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 388.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Bacon, Francis (1841). “An Advertisement Touching a Holy War”. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Wikipedia: English Possessions Overseas.<\/li>\n
- Wikipedia: British Colonization of the Americas.<\/li>\n
- Wikipedia: British Empire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Originally posted 2015-03-09 08:00:00. <\/small><\/p>
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- Bartlett, John (1865). Familiar quotations (4th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 388.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n