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Map of Mauritania as a French colony

French vintage postcard

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'The Standard Bearer' (1934), by Austro-Hungarian painter Hubert Lanzinger:

From English Wikipedia's Article "The Standard Bearer (Lanzinger painting)":

" 'Der Bannertrager (Bannerträger)' (English: 'The Standard Bearer') is a painting by the Austro-Hungarian artist Hubert Lanzinger (1880-1950) of a stylized Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer (Führer) of Germany from 1934 to 1945.

The painting portrays Hitler sitting on a horse, wearing armour in the manner of a fifteenth century knight and carrying a Nazi-German banner that billows behind him. Hitler is portrayed as a messianic figure (maybe as Lohengrin, son of the British knight Percival) in the painting, gazing symbolically towards a greater future for Germany.

It is an oil painting on wood and was completed in 1934.

It was first publicly displayed at the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1937. 'The Standard Bearer' was made into a postcard by Heinrich Hoffmann in 1938. It was seized by Allied forces in the aftermath of World War II. It has changed hands several times since 1945 and is now in the possession of the United States Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C. . It was displayed in the 1999 exhibition 'German Art of the Twentieth Century' at the Altes Museum in Berlin. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standard_Bearer_(Lanzinger_painting

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Map of the Ancient British Colonies in France and Spain, Which Became the Modern-day Nations of Brittany and Galicia

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Maps of Twenty-five Obscure British Colonial Territories:

1. British Sphere of Influence in Siam (Zone of influence of the United Kingdom; Agreed upon with France, Siam's only other neighbouring state besides Britain) (15 Jan 1896 - 14 Jul 1925):

Source of map:

https://omniatlas.com/maps/southern-asia/19250512/plain/

2. Mombaza (Protectorate of the United Kingdom) (9 Feb 1824 - 25 Jul 1826):

Source of map:

https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-manuscript-chart-of-mombasa/

3. Adamawa Emirate (Emirate of Yola) (Subordinate to the Sokoto Caliphate, which was under British control; legally part of German Kamerun) (1897 - at least 1915):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sokoto_Sultanate.png

4. Corinto (Cirinto, Cobinto) (Administered occupied territory of the United Kingdom) (13:00 27 April 1895 - 5 May 1895):

Source of map:

https://imgur.com/phDUNur

5. Hyder (Village in the United States that is partially integrated into the Dominion of Canada) (20th century - Present):

Source of map:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/folks-living-in-this-tiny-outpost-on-the-alaskan-border-may-use-canadian-dollars-but-theyre-still-100-american

6. King Edward VII Plateau (Formally claimed for the United Kingdom by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS on 9 Jan 1909):

Source of map:

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002624045/

7. British Concession of Chinde (British Concession in Portuguese Mozambique; Subordinate to the Nyasaland Protectorate; Abandoned in 1923) (1 Jan 1892 - 22 Jul 1925):

Source of map:

https://www.spink.com/lot/21127001647#

8. Holy Roman Empire (Ruled by Richard of Cornwall, prince and native of the Kingdom of England) (13 January 1257 - 2 April 1272):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitteleuropa_zur_Zeit_der_Staufer.svg

9. State of Brazil (Dejure colony of the British Protectorate of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves) (1808 - 1815):

Source of map:

https://www.panmythica.com/2008/04/mapas-histricos-do-brasil.html

10. Thibet (Defacto British Protectorate) (Late nineteenth century - 1948):

Source of map:

https://epdf.pub/queue/soldaten-atlas.html

11. Territory of Ruanda-Urundi (Ruled from London by the Belgian Government-in-exile) (Oct 1940 - Sep 1944):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LocationRuandaUrundi.png

12. United Kingdom of Chishingaland (Self-proclaimed British Protectorate) (At least 2018 - Present):

Source of map:

https://www.tumblr.com/w-r-pitt/773650293226422272/the-united-kingdom-of-chishingaland-british?source=share

13. British Zone of Influence in Arabia (29 Jul 1913 - 1949?):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Empire_Anachronous_4.PNG

14. Saudi Arabia Protectorate (Defacto British Protectorate under the Treaty of Darin) (26 Dec 1915 - 20 May 1927):

Source of map:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qTeIlZFNc9S2McO-cP8cwDWT2LPC6lcA/view

15. Sheikh Othman (South Arabia) (Mission field of the Church of Scotland) (1890s? or 1900s?):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Church_of_Scotland_Mission_Fields,_late_19th_century_(imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-001).jpg

16. British Zone of Influence in China (11 Feb 1898 - 1912?):

Source of map:

https://www.deviantart.com/tondoempireball/art/Spheres-of-Influence-in-China-1901-910968862

17. Hansi Rajanate (Sovereign state, unaffiliated with the United Kingdom, ruled independently by the Briton George Thomas) (1798 - 1801):

Source of map:

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281766/page/n119/mode/2up

18. Chumbi Valley (Formal British zone of occupation in the Great Qing) (7 Sep 1904 - 8 Feb 1908):

Source of map:

https://youtu.be/48wkBskmYnE?si=N34P_1tPkScfC15b

19. Alliance Island (Franco-British condominium colony) (2 Sep 1855 - 30 Mar 1856):

Source of map:

https://www.deviantart.com/lrtredgent/art/Map-of-all-french-possession-in-Asia-1106530233

20. Albion Island (Lost sand island) (19th century):

Source of map:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maps/s/MiM3V15aqm

21. Canadian Concession of Vimy Ridge (Concession of the Dominion of Canada in the French Republic; Granted for the free use of Their Majesties' Governments in Canada for all time) (1922 - 1940, 1945 - Present):

Source of map:

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/overseas/first-world-war/france/vimy/vimymap

22. Conway Reef (Annexed on 30 Jan 1965 to the Colony of Fiji, which was relinquished on 10 Oct 1970):

Source of map:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aneityum_1901_Nautical_Chart.jpg

23. Wrangel Island (Sole dominion of members of the Canadian Arctic Expedition (Jan - Sep 1914) and a private Canadian expedition to claim the island for Canada (1921-1923)) (Jan - Sep 1914, 1921 - 1923):

Source of map:

https://imgur.com/phDUNur

24. Republic of Angola (Applicant to the British Commonwealth) (2018 - Present):

Source of Map:

https://www.tumblr.com/w-r-pitt/779643631239839744/maps-of-twenty-five-obscure-british-colonial?source=share

25. Ottawa Civic Hospital Maternity Ward (Extraterritorial area for Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and any child that was born there, in the Dominion of Canada) (19 Jan 1943):

Source of map:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=L_3NDwAAQBAJ

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British and French Empires in 1920.

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All Land Ever Owned by the British Empire.

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The British Empire in 1910.

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Every territory ever owned/claimed by the United Kingdom/England/British Empire

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India on the Eve of British Conquest, 1764.

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British and French Empire 2020

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The amount of area the British Empire controlled at it’s peak (1920) represented as a single landmass in Asia.

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Countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom / Great Britain.

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Comprehensive map of the British Empire - its colonies, territories, protectorates and more.

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British annexation of Indian Subcontinent by region.

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The partition of the Ottoman Empire after World War 1

🇹🇷 After World War I, the Ottoman Empire faced partitioning by the Allied Powers. The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) between Britain and France aimed to divide the Ottoman territories into spheres of influence. The agreement proposed British and French control over different regions, including parts of present-day Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. Additionally, the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) outlined a more detailed plan for the partition of the Ottoman Empire. It proposed the creation of an independent Armenian state and the assignment of various regions to France, Italy, and Greece. However, this treaty was never fully implemented due to the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The Treaty of Sèvres was replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, which recognized the Republic of Turkey and established new borders, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire.

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Peak of the largest empires in history

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A map of the British Empire in America, 1746.