Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 published in 1887 and dedicated

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

revised English edition contains posthumous defences by Wood’s nephew

printed over a 45 year period between 1572 and 1617

By HW Parish of the Royal Artillery and J Barrow

drawn and engraved by Henry Winkles

Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 published in 1887 and dedicatedFounded 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