The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.

Sir John Seeley urged us to cherish our close ties to India and other nations beyond Europe.

Emperor Akbar’s court physician told his nobles that beneath the waters of a lake was a dry, cosy room, and dared them to find a way in.

In 1775, London’s high-handed exploitation of her colonies for tax revenue began to look like a very expensive mistake.

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Queen Anne in 1702 to George III in 1760.

John Buchan was moved by the way the nations of the British Empire volunteered for service in the Great War.