Lot of 7: Our Empire Beyond the Seas Series

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THE GROWTH OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS THE BURRENDER OF MALTA TO THE BRITISH (AFTER TWO YEARS BICC) S 41800 THE GROWTH OF "OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS "Dilette 43 NDATION OF SYDNEY BY CHAPLAIN.L PHILLIP. (AN INSPECTION OF THE CONVICT SETTLERS THE GROWTH OF "OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. SIR GEORGE SIMPSON ESTABLISHING HIS FIRST COUNCIL NEAR VANCOUVER. 1835 Dilette THE GROWTH OF "OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS OUR FIRST FOOTING IN CANADA. CHAMPLAIN SURRENDERING QUEBEC TO ADMIRAL KIRKE JULY 20 1620 Olette 屈 THE GROWTH OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS AN OFFICIAL OF THE QUINEA (ROYAL AFRICAN) COMPANY TREATY MAKING ON THE GOLD COAST IN 1672, Dilette 43 Dilette THE GROWTH OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS THE BIRTH OF OUR INDIAN EMPIRE THE ORIGIN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY THE GREAT MOCUL RECEIVING SIR J MILDENHALL QUEEN ELIZABETHS AMBASSADOR 1599 -THE GROWTH OF — "OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS THE ORIGIN OF OUR OLDEST COLONY SIR HUMPHREY GILBERTS EXPEDITION TO NEWFOUNDLAND 1583

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57350 THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series II. 66 Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9148 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. OIT TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. Malta was held by the Knights of St. John from 1530 to 1798. In the latter year, Napoleon Buonaparte made himself master of the place, and left Vaubois in charge. In three months the Maltese revolted, and, with the assistance of Portugal, Naples, and a small British force, besieged Vaubois in Valetta for two years. On September 4th, 1800, the French surrendered, and the Maltese put themselves under the protection of Great Britain. POSTKARTE. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series II. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9148 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 57350 TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. Sydney (Australia). In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed round New Zealand in the "Endeavour," and visiting the eastern coast of Australia took peaceable possession of a large tract of country which he named New South Wales. The first colonists-seven hundred and fifty-seven con- victs arrived at Botany Bay in January, 1788. Sydney the capital of New South Wales, was founded in the same year by Captain L. Phillip the British officer who had been commissioned to establish the penal settlement- and was named after Viscount Sydney, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, POSTKARTE. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series II. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9148 ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 5125 TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. Vancouver. Sir George Simpson, a native of Ross, who emigrated from England in 1820, entered the service of the Hudson Bay Company and devoted his whole energy to forwarding their interests. In 1821 this Com- pany was amalgamated with the North-west Company, and Simpson was made Governor of the northern depart- ment, known as Rupert's Land. The rise of British Columbia was contemporary with his administration, and he is justly considered one of the architects of the present Canadian Dominion. POSTKARTE. ARTISTIC TRADE MARK THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series I. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" (Regd.] Postcard 9147. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 57300 DIT Canada. TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. The town of Quebec was founded by Champlain, the French governor of Quebec, in July, 1608. It was the centre of French trade and civilisation, until the conquest by Wolfe at the memorable battle of Quebec in 1759. In the year 1629 the town was besieged by an English fleet under Admiral Kirke, surrendered, and Champlain was taken, a prisoner, to England. He returned, however, four years later, and remained governor of the province until 1635, when he died. Quebec was finally ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris, 1763. POSTKARTE. ARTISTIL TRADE MARK THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series I. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 117. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 57 400 2017 TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. The Gold Coast. The Gold Coast, now a British Colony and Protectorate, was once in the hands of the Portuguese and the Dutch, who, settling there in the days before England was a sea-going power of import- ance, built forts and began a search for gold. In 1664, however, the English successfully attacked the Dutch defences, and four years later "the new five pieces of gold coined by the Guiny Company" were issued. In 1844 the jurisdiction of England on the Gold Coast was defined. ARTISTIC SENES THANE MA THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series I. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE' [Regd.] Postcard 9147. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 57400 DIT TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. The Indian Empire. In 1599 the Dutch who controlled the East India trade raised the price of pepper from 3/- to 6/- and 8/- per lb. To combat the Dutch monopoly a combination of London merchants induced Queen Elizabeth to send an ambassador to obtain privileges for trading direct from the Great Mogul, which resulted in the formation of the East India Company and gåve England her first foothold in India. POSTKARTE. ARTISTIC TYZADE MARK THE RISE OF OUR EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS. Series I. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE' [Regd.] Postcard 9147. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN After the Black and White Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. 51300 BIT QUI TUCK'S POST CARD. CARTE POSTALE. Acquisition of Newfoundland. In 1577 Gilbert, a typical Elizabethan soldier of enterprise, set forth a discourse "How her Majesty might annoy the King of Spain by fitting out a fleet of war ships under pretence of a voyage of discovery, and so fall upon the enemy's shipping and destroy his trade in Newfoundland and the West Indies, and possess both regions." Despite endless difficulties, on Monday, August 5th, 1583, he took possession, in the Queen's name, of the harbour of St. John, thus founding our oldest colony. POSTKARTE. Printed in England.