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  2. Area
    37.20 million km²
    CapitalLondon
    Demonym(s)British
    Origins (1497–1583)

    The foundations of the British Empire were laid when England and Scotland were separate kingdoms. In 1496, King
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    British Empire - Wikipedia

    English overseas possessions (1583–1707)

    In 1578, Elizabeth I granted a patent to Humphrey Gilbert for discovery and overseas exploration. That year, Gilbert sailed for the Caribbean with the intention of engaging in piracy and establishing a colony in North A… See more

     
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    The British Empire was at its largest in 1919, after Britain acquired Germany’s East and West African colonies and Samoa in the Treaty of Versailles, which marked the end of the First World War, 1914–18.

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