Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 The collation of plates includes

The collation of plates includes the map end-papers in each volume

[xx] + 10 aquatint plates with original hand colour

all described on the verso

published in 1887 and dedicated to Queen Victoria in the year of her Golden Jubilee

printed over a 45 year period between 1572 and 1617

Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 The collation of plates includesFounded 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