Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 and further buildings on the

and further buildings on the island of St Elena

while the latter may be incomplete (collation given as pp

printed over a 45 year period between 1572 and 1617

Original cloth

It shows villages

Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 and further buildings on theFounded in 1894, on the cusp of the Anglo German naval arms race, the Navy League was a pressure group seeking to influence politicians and popular opinion (including the nations youth) in the cause of maintaining a powerful navy to protect British interests overseas through trade and empire. The borders of this map show flags and badges of the British Empire, and a smaller map at the foot charts its historical growth. At the bottom is a series of