The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-11
ENoLAND'S COLONIAL EMPIRE
The Historical Sequence of Her Acquiring
Her Present Possessions.


Her Present Possessions.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The following is a historical sketch
of Great Britain's acquisition of her
colonial empire:
1S00-Perrin island. Red sea, was oc-
cupied. A dockyard was established at
Bermuda.
1S02-By the peace of Amiens she Sc
cured Trinidad island in the West In
dies and Ceylon in the East Indies.
1S03-Captured Santa Lucia island,
West Indies; British Guiana and Kan
dy in India were annexed.
1S04-Annexed Goree, Africa, and es-
tablished protectorate over Broda, In
dia.
1S06-The Cape of Good Hope was
taken from Holland.
1S07-Occupied Sierra Leone and cap
tured Heligoland in the North sea.
(The latter was recently sold to Ger
many)
1SO9-Seized Travancore. India.
1910 Captured Mauritius, Indian
ocean, from the French.
S11-1S13-Occupied and commenced
to colonize Australia.
1S14-By the peace of Paris acquisi-
ton of Malta, Cape of Good Hope, Ma
tai. Mauritius and Tobago island, West
Indies, was confirmed.
lol0-SelZeu Ascension island. hu-
maon, India, was coded.
1S16-Annexed the islands of Tristan
de Cunha, South Atlantic.
1S17-Conquered Pindaris in India.
1S1S-Annexed Poona, India.
1S19-Seized Singapore.
1S20-Extended boundaries to Cape
Good Hope territory and annexed Port
Elizabeth.
1S21-Took possession of the British
A fritz faxyta
the Gold Coast.
1s2S-Conquered Port of Burmah, In
dia.
1S24-Territory near Singapore was
coded to England by the sultan of ia
hor.
1s25-Malacca was ceded by the
Dutch in order to persuade England
chilly occupied. Annexed Tasmania.
1s26-Penong was incorporated with
Singapore and Malacca.
1S2S-Acquired another large part of
Burmah. India, by boundary settle
ment
1s29-occupled West Australia.
1SS0-Mysore, India, came under
protection"
1SS1-Acquired more territory in Ash
antee.
1SS3-Seized the Falkland islands.
1sS4-Seized Socotra island, India,
and annexed Kurg. India.
1S35-Colonized South Australia.
1S39-Seized Alden. Arabia.
1S4I-Seized Saranak. Borneo; colon
lied New Zealand.
1S42-Captured Hong Kong, China.
lS43-Colonized Vancouver island.
Still further enlarged the borders of
Cape Good Hope Colony to include Ma
tai.
1SI4-Annexed Sind. India.
1S45-Purchased the Danish Indian
possessions.
IS46-Acquired Labnaw islands, near
Borneo, for suffering piracy.
1S4S-Enlarged borders of Cape Good
Hope Colony by annexing the Orange
river territory.
1s49-Annexed Satara and Punjab.
East India.
lS5O-Purchased the Danish posses
sions on Gold Coast.
1s51-Colonized Victoria, Australia.
Newfoundland Pegu. India.
lS5S-Annexed Jhansi. Berar and
Nagpur, India.
1S54-Annexed the Kuria Muria ISL
and, India.
1s5s-Colonized Norfolk island; an
nexed oudh, India
1S57-Annexed Andoma islands. In
dia.
ls5s-British crown takes control of
British East India company's territor-
les
1S59-Colonized Queensland, Austria
liza.
1s60-Annexed Kowloon to Hong
Kong colony.
lS61-AnneXed Lagos island, Gold
Coast. Africa.
1S62-Annexed Quish and Shebo. ma
tive kingdoms that adjoined boundar-
les of Sierra Leone, Africa.
1S63-Seized Moraut and Pedro Gays.
Jamaica, West Indies.
1S6i-Annexed Bhutan Dwars, India.
1S65-Annexed kaffraria.
1S6I-Diamonds discovered in South
/ Africa.
lS69-Purchased Little Alden.
1S70-Annexed Basatoland. Africa.
1S1l-Bought Dutch possessions on
Gold Coast, Africa.
1S74-Annexed ~ islands-Augro Pc
quena, South Africa. Annexed the Fiji
islands. Established protectorate over
South Malay.
1S75-Established protectorate over
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