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  • @CodeBlocksCode
    @CodeBlocksCode 4 місяці тому +67

    Watching a DoniMaps video is an out of body experience

    • @JS-jh4cy
      @JS-jh4cy 2 місяці тому +2

      As soon as Shakespeare farted, the empire started to grow

    • @RonaldoFan-b9w
      @RonaldoFan-b9w 2 місяці тому

      Same with your mother

    • @gcb4763
      @gcb4763 Місяць тому +1

      Forgot New Zealand and Fiji and Samoa. They are the best parts.

    • @tonyt7948
      @tonyt7948 Місяць тому +2

      I love the British empire

    • @haroldkane9714
      @haroldkane9714 Місяць тому +1

      Lucky red country's

  • @paulroberts3639
    @paulroberts3639 3 місяці тому +297

    You left New Zealand off the entire map. And from the Commonwealth.

  • @resilient9798
    @resilient9798 Місяць тому +6

    Really cool map. Who cares if it was off by a couple years or so. The point came across. And it was entertaining. Good job

  • @kevinfarrell9820
    @kevinfarrell9820 3 місяці тому +258

    This is an incorrect depiction of Ireland. We obtained our independence from Britain (excluding 6 of the 32 counties in Northern Ireland) in 1922.

    • @realjohn4064
      @realjohn4064 3 місяці тому +35

      Ireland was a dominion i.e. head of state was the British monarch until 1937.

    • @gerarddonovan4145
      @gerarddonovan4145 3 місяці тому

      I never realised that ​@@realjohn4064

    • @DJTheTrainmanWalker
      @DJTheTrainmanWalker 3 місяці тому +28

      ​​@@realjohn4064 Problem is... The video implies Eire was part of the empire up to 1973... Which doesn't work. With any of the dates. 22 Irish free state, 37, rejection of monarchy, 49 formal Republican non-commonwealth status.
      It doesn't help that the map implies Botswana remains part of empire, rather than the democratic republic it has been since 1966.

    • @Mark-wb8dv
      @Mark-wb8dv 3 місяці тому +23

      But now mass immigration has united us together my celtic brother ❤

    • @mikedon5205
      @mikedon5205 3 місяці тому +2

      What I don't understand is Scotland and N Ireland were outside the union in 1600s

  • @Paul630sqdrn
    @Paul630sqdrn 3 місяці тому +144

    Now we can't organise the filling of a pothole.

    • @gulabchandkumawat9714
      @gulabchandkumawat9714 3 місяці тому +22

      It happens when you build your economy on the loots from other countries and it suddenly stops. I hope it helps. No love from India.

    • @staraptor2711
      @staraptor2711 3 місяці тому +21

      @@gulabchandkumawat9714Britain had a good economy long before it started conquering other places.

    • @howardjones7370
      @howardjones7370 3 місяці тому

      ​@gulabchandkumawat9714 : Been to India several times, lots of love, especially from the older generations! 😂 And who would your many legions of scammers target, if not for elderly British people? Are you hankering for the old caste system days, when you treated your poorest like garbage, and set fire to your widows, oh wait! You still do a lot of that kind of thing! 😂

    • @teleprojectinformer
      @teleprojectinformer 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@staraptor2711Yup but their is a difference in good and prosperous economy, karma. They're back to good economy again

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 місяці тому +5

      @@gulabchandkumawat9714 Since when did India have anything worth looting?

  • @Eraeraeric
    @Eraeraeric 2 місяці тому +114

    Fun fact: the majority of independence days were caused by The British Empire

    • @HIT029
      @HIT029 2 місяці тому +12

      fun fact...most of the independence was caused due to WW2...most of Arfica, Asia got their independence from rest of the European colonies after WW2...of WW2 didn't happen probably most will still be European colonies

    • @AncestorsArchives
      @AncestorsArchives Місяць тому +3

      Wonder what would happen if they didn't got the independence

    • @onestepbeyond5221
      @onestepbeyond5221 Місяць тому +4

      They probably wouldn't be killing each other ​@@AncestorsArchives

    • @Tony_milne
      @Tony_milne Місяць тому

      There's some more when Scotland and Wales regain their independence

    • @Paul630sqdrn
      @Paul630sqdrn Місяць тому

      @@Eraeraeric brilliant mate.

  • @legend3706
    @legend3706 Місяць тому +18

    Crazy to imagine that a small speck on the world map controlled so many landmasses.

    • @ThaiSoup39
      @ThaiSoup39 Місяць тому +5

      Normans + Anglo-Saxons is quite the combo

    • @Parasmunt
      @Parasmunt Місяць тому

      Tech advantage wherever they went, unlike the Nazis their empire didn't gobble up advanced places. Mainly people armed with spears or riding on elephants.

    • @ThaiSoup39
      @ThaiSoup39 Місяць тому +3

      @@Parasmunt The British Empire was spreading the impartial rule of English Common Law and thriving commerce. The Nazis were spreading tyranny. Very different models!

    • @jimakach5802
      @jimakach5802 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@ThaiSoup39plus Vikings 😅

    • @SasanHorseArcher
      @SasanHorseArcher 22 дні тому

      @@ParasmuntThe Nazis also didn't gobble up many advanced places either

  • @stanleybuchan4610
    @stanleybuchan4610 3 місяці тому +141

    When I joined the RAF in 1972, you could fly from UK to Aus hopping from one RAF base to the next all the way.

    • @Gitsmasher
      @Gitsmasher 3 місяці тому +8

      You, my good sir are technically older than my country❤

    • @lorddevonshire6382
      @lorddevonshire6382 3 місяці тому +3

      Glorious days

    • @Donimaps420
      @Donimaps420  3 місяці тому +9

      Thank you for your service

    • @E69apeTheMatrix420
      @E69apeTheMatrix420 3 місяці тому

      But the jews won ww2 and made you give it all back and work for money they print backed by nothing other than the fact you work for it. The irony.

    • @ForçaBarça86
      @ForçaBarça86 3 місяці тому +5

      Ahora os gobierna un Indio 😂😂 Arriba España!

  • @johnireland7612
    @johnireland7612 3 місяці тому +216

    We've gone from an empire, to a third world slum in a very short period of time.

    • @Mido-y3k
      @Mido-y3k 3 місяці тому +19

      You are what you conquer 😂

    • @ColinWilson-j9i
      @ColinWilson-j9i 3 місяці тому +18

      Serves you right 😂😂

    • @eddiel7635
      @eddiel7635 3 місяці тому +10

      @@Mido-y3k it’s a russian bot so i assume he’s talking about russia

    • @triplehiodia.1714
      @triplehiodia.1714 3 місяці тому +21

      Thats we call Karma hits back hard.

    • @PP-mc5cy
      @PP-mc5cy 3 місяці тому +23

      Because your were Robbers...😢

  • @Lemarchelesa
    @Lemarchelesa 2 місяці тому +10

    One of the things that most greatly influenced Britains interest in America was the massive forests filled with straight and impressively tall Eastern white pines. Since throughout most of Europe trees straight and tall enough to provide masts for the ships of the British Navy had long since disappeared, there only remained Finland as a source of these trees. The route to Finland passed through Swedish waters and the British had to pay tariffs every time they did so. The tension between Britain and Sweden became so fraught that they looked for an alernative solution.

  • @CodeBlocksCode
    @CodeBlocksCode 3 місяці тому +2

    Nice videos!

  • @geoffreydonaldson2984
    @geoffreydonaldson2984 3 місяці тому +120

    Many inaccuracies-the ceding of Newfoundland, for example, was ten years off and, for another example, the Falklands seems to have been totally forgotten.

    • @the_womble_king4357
      @the_womble_king4357 3 місяці тому +16

      And it is a map without New Zealand or pacific islands.

    • @lorddevonshire6382
      @lorddevonshire6382 3 місяці тому

      And horrendous mistakes with the Asian possessions after World War II, Kenya, Bechuanaland.... The list goes on. Utterly unreliable video.

    • @lorddevonshire6382
      @lorddevonshire6382 3 місяці тому +3

      @phusseyo8781 Yup!

    • @robbillington1982
      @robbillington1982 3 місяці тому +5

      @phusseyo8781Shanghai weiheiwei, Hong Kong

    • @dave3gan
      @dave3gan 3 місяці тому +2

      Has ireland painted red until approx 1970

  • @agacummins4460
    @agacummins4460 3 місяці тому +92

    Republic of Ireland became independent on the 6th of December 1921 as Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed

    • @Feuer-fs3kr
      @Feuer-fs3kr 3 місяці тому

      No

    • @ed7002
      @ed7002 3 місяці тому +3

      We date the founding of the Irish State to 21 Jan 2019 when the first Dail met, declared independence and the Irish war of independence began the same day.

    • @johnkeane1419
      @johnkeane1419 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ed70021919?

    • @bigbad25
      @bigbad25 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@ed7002 wrong. Takes like five mins to find out the Irish government and country officially recognise 6th of December 1921
      Every Irish child knows this from school.

    • @MrWelshboy81
      @MrWelshboy81 3 місяці тому

      All because they plotted the assassination of Michael Collins

  • @klashnacovak47
    @klashnacovak47 3 місяці тому +117

    It's crazy how much the British empire ruled and to see the state of Britain today.

    • @orestebormioli192
      @orestebormioli192 3 місяці тому

      Guerrafondai nel sangue ,prima o poi bisogna pagare il conto.

    • @eddiel7635
      @eddiel7635 3 місяці тому +7

      bore off comrade

    • @boblordylordyhowie
      @boblordylordyhowie 3 місяці тому

      It is because of the Empires' addiction to make everyone British that we have such problems now, much like the US insist on telling everyone they are the greatest country in the world, so everyone wants to go and see.

    • @rickycosman33
      @rickycosman33 3 місяці тому +12

      Spain had the same fate.

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 місяці тому +6

      @@rickycosman33 But not quite the expanse.

  • @TheBourn1ad
    @TheBourn1ad Місяць тому +7

    You forgot Hong Kong, and I can't see New Zealand

  • @julianmorris9951
    @julianmorris9951 2 місяці тому +65

    Great men built this empire, weak men ran it into the ground.

    • @kvarnerinfoTV
      @kvarnerinfoTV Місяць тому

      Great? Genocides, theft, bullying... List of genocides, evil deeds, land theft, natural resources theft is endless.
      And now you dare to say anything to Russia and China.
      You should be happy that you still exist after everything your evil empire did and even after UK continued with its path of I justice, bullying, killing.
      Destruction of Libya, invasion of Iraq, pushing the Ukraine into this war by provoking Russians for decades along with USA.
      I am disgusted by UK, not common people, by its politics.
      British humornis my fav.

    • @sandrider1406
      @sandrider1406 Місяць тому +9

      You think that displacing people and genocide is something to be proud of?

    • @julianmorris9951
      @julianmorris9951 Місяць тому +6

      @which empire are you talking about?, they all did it you know and you reap the benefits today.

    • @ИльШакиров-о4д
      @ИльШакиров-о4д Місяць тому +2

      Великие сатанисты?

    • @ckpalmeiras1318
      @ckpalmeiras1318 Місяць тому

      Come on. All the Johnny come lately empires of Britain, France and Spain just copied Portuguese innovation with larger populations.
      The Portugueezers invented the modern world with the invention of the caraval, the first time hundreds of men could man a ship that could survive in blue water far from the coasts, that allowed West Europe dominant the world.

  • @hiddenharmonicssystemforwi4484
    @hiddenharmonicssystemforwi4484 3 місяці тому +5

    Canada became an independent country in 1867. It was a member of the commonwealth, it was not a colony after that.

  • @komodosp
    @komodosp 3 місяці тому +58

    You messed up Republic of Ireland, it was independent long before 1970.

    • @robbillington1982
      @robbillington1982 3 місяці тому

      Only left commonwealth in 1948 wasn’t it?

    • @Joseph-bu9tv
      @Joseph-bu9tv 3 місяці тому

      We fought for our Independence and got it in 1921 after a Bloody war with the British, interesting note , the english language has only been spoken widespread in Ireland since the 1860s.

    • @daintree98
      @daintree98 3 місяці тому +3

      @@robbillington1982 Ireland was the first country to join the Commonwealth and the first country to leave it.

    • @vinorob
      @vinorob 2 місяці тому

      @@komodosp 1922

  • @malcolmabram2957
    @malcolmabram2957 3 місяці тому +13

    Thank you for producing this video. Two observations. The Faroe islands have never been part of the British Empire. The Falklands (which are still British) were never highlighted. Thank you.

    • @Donimaps420
      @Donimaps420  3 місяці тому

      Thank you for kindly pointing that out! I'm sorry I made those mistakes, I guess there is not much I can do

    • @malcolmabram2957
      @malcolmabram2957 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Donimaps420 Videos like this are very much appreciated. Thank you again for producing.

    • @mangojujube
      @mangojujube 3 місяці тому

      the falkland first name iles Malouines ( saint Malo Britagne) French second name islas Malvinas gestolen from France by argantinas third name falkland gestolen from argentina by the englanders

    • @vidarottesen880
      @vidarottesen880 2 місяці тому

      Canaries islands?

  • @kurketin
    @kurketin 3 місяці тому +39

    In Antarctica, the international treaty governs, according to which there is no sovereignty of any
    country 2:22

    • @geoffreydonaldson2984
      @geoffreydonaldson2984 3 місяці тому +2

      Prior to the treaty, many nations staked claims in Antarctica. The Norwegian claim is huge and, according to the treaty, unrecognized.

    • @jpcodnia9133
      @jpcodnia9133 3 місяці тому +2

      The portion of Antarctica that lies just South of Tierra del Fuego has been administered by Argentina since the year 1900 it basically has about 2/3 of the area shown on red South of Argentina. The international community will meet again in the year 2048 to confirm Sovereignty to those who have a designated territory down there or whether some changes would have to be made.
      Also, the islands next the southern Argentina went from Argentina (1820-1832) to Britain (since 1833) following the attack from the USS Lexington a war ship which went there to destroy the Argentine Settlement in 1832 as a result of retaliation on the part of the americans who were hunting whales and seals without a proper permit

    • @cristeaadrian7419
      @cristeaadrian7419 3 місяці тому

      Nothing international and nothing to claim, just ice lots of it, not melting as they claim but continously expanding. But if you try to go there some military boats will stop anyone and start asking questions. Antarctica is split between 7 countries so as I said not international. So if is just ice, nothing interesting why we can't visit? Because there away from world eyes are most secret labs, facility, organisations, military secret operations. Also haarp installations using weather as a weapon. In Africa and Antarctica they also search for viruses take to secret labs and try to improve to be used as weapons of mass destruction. But there is still hope empires of corporations and greed are about to collapse as Greek, Romans, Persian, Egyptian and all previous ones collapsed despite all weapons, gold, armies they had. Just like in sports, today you are champion, after few years you're not on top. Nothing is forever.

    • @rajivmurkejee7498
      @rajivmurkejee7498 2 місяці тому

      More correctly previous claimant's put their claim on hold-they haven't surrendered them.

    • @alasdairgow4919
      @alasdairgow4919 2 місяці тому

      @@jpcodnia9133but did it pass to Argentina from Spain when Argentina got independence in 1816? At that time there would still have been a plaque stating it was under claim of UK King George III. In any case where was Argentina in 1840 when the UK declared it theirs again? As with all empire battles… fight you for it.

  • @davidmacevoy5842
    @davidmacevoy5842 Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful brings a tear to my eye 😢

  • @leefairhurst9058
    @leefairhurst9058 3 місяці тому +105

    It doesn't even include London anymore

    • @eddiel7635
      @eddiel7635 3 місяці тому +10

      bore off comrade

    • @WilliamKenny-g6g
      @WilliamKenny-g6g 3 місяці тому +28

      With all the illegal immigrants it hardly includes Britian anymore .

    • @DanMurphy-w3m
      @DanMurphy-w3m 3 місяці тому +8

      After watching this video no Brit is in a position to complain about immigration ​@WilliamKenny-g6g

    • @vinorob
      @vinorob 3 місяці тому +18

      London is the capital of Pakistan

    • @eddiel7635
      @eddiel7635 3 місяці тому

      @@vinorob the Pakistani community isn’t that big numbnuts.

  • @USViper
    @USViper 3 місяці тому +11

    What about the Falkland islands?

    • @topherbec7578
      @topherbec7578 2 місяці тому

      I kept looking for them to turn red but they never did.

  • @stevos7111
    @stevos7111 3 місяці тому +5

    That little red spot in South Africa? Massive crater formed by an asteroid millions of years ago, major source of diamonds and rare minerals....

  • @josemanuelgarciacastrillo6769
    @josemanuelgarciacastrillo6769 4 місяці тому +43

    Las islas Canarias, las islas Azores y las de Cabo Verde nunca fueron británicas. Y hay más inexactitudes siempre a favor de la extensión del Imperio Británico en el continente americano

    • @hogwash9140
      @hogwash9140 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes. They also didn't show Gibraltar or the Falklands.

    • @vinorob
      @vinorob 3 місяці тому

      But we still have Gibraltar Jeffe

    • @luisito5000
      @luisito5000 3 місяці тому

      @@josemanuelgarciacastrillo6769 Con estos y su “leyenda negra” no podría ser de otro modo!

    • @vatsal7640
      @vatsal7640 2 місяці тому +1

      @@luisito5000 lol Spanish are at salty at losing to the Brits??🤣😂
      🇬🇧🤜🇪🇸

    • @javierjimenez8282
      @javierjimenez8282 2 місяці тому

      Por que no vais a la mierda de roca de vacaciones?​@@vinorob

  • @jamestunstall2032
    @jamestunstall2032 4 місяці тому +34

    New Zealand isn't shown

  • @KevTheImpaler
    @KevTheImpaler 3 місяці тому +19

    Ah, the good old days.

    • @luisito5000
      @luisito5000 3 місяці тому

      @@KevTheImpaler Yes, but very old days

  • @warcreed5658
    @warcreed5658 3 місяці тому +19

    The map has some errors. Ireland got independance in 1919 and wasn't part of British commonwealth (except north Ireland). Egypt got independance in 1936 and Jordan in 1946, Israel in 1948, they were no longer parts of the British empire at that point. For some reason the map didn't update. By the way, why Canada, Australia and South africa were dissapeared from the British empire at 1930's? They were already independent much before.

    • @ChannelNotFound
      @ChannelNotFound 3 місяці тому +3

      Also forgot about Gibraltar

    • @marguskiis7711
      @marguskiis7711 3 місяці тому

      Canda and Australia are still part of the Empire bc they are under the crown.

    • @Blitzmagee
      @Blitzmagee 3 місяці тому +2

      Belize gained independence in the 1980s. Too many errors, I wouldn't rely on that graphic as legit.

    • @kevinfarrell9820
      @kevinfarrell9820 3 місяці тому +1

      It was 1922 for Irish Independence not 1919.

    • @blackpowder4016
      @blackpowder4016 3 місяці тому +1

      Canada didn't become independent until 1982. King Charles III is still King of Canada.

  • @robertwalker7896
    @robertwalker7896 3 місяці тому +10

    The UK of Great Britain didn't exist until 1707

  • @RanjitKonkar
    @RanjitKonkar 3 місяці тому +4

    Nice video. One suggestion is to alert the viewer to where on the map something is going to turn red or clear next. For larger countries, their turning red grabs attention, but for the smaller ones one misses change in colour in a small region on the outer parts of the world map.

  • @chrisbacos
    @chrisbacos 3 місяці тому +27

    You showed Botswana in red until the end. It was Beuchanaland until 1966 when it won independence and changed its name

    • @tommywulfric9768
      @tommywulfric9768 2 місяці тому

      Yes, that was strange, regarding Bechuanaland Protectorate.
      If anything, Rhodesia temporarily became British again as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1979-80 until Robert Mugabe took power in Zimbabwe after the election.

  • @Why_Am_I-Here01
    @Why_Am_I-Here01 4 місяці тому +10

    Can you do of ottoman empire and Persian Empire too?

  • @DOESb
    @DOESb 4 місяці тому +4

    The Glorious Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland and II of Ireland) in 1688 by a union of English Parliamentarians and an invading army led by Stadtholder William III of the Dutch Republic. Orange-Nassau (William of Orange), who as a result ascended the English throne as William III of England , you forgot this 😂😂😂

  • @GeorgeMorgan-w9y
    @GeorgeMorgan-w9y 3 місяці тому +32

    And our politicians still think we have an obligation to support some of those old colonies,and it costs us billions.

    • @albertcheeni
      @albertcheeni 3 місяці тому

      'Politician' is a nice word for traitors, robber, swindlers who care only for themselves

    • @LindaGrey-wm9uc
      @LindaGrey-wm9uc 3 місяці тому

      Aha, but you rip us off for billions more, otherwise we would have been dumped in ruins like the rest.

    • @rafaelhernandezmontarce3558
      @rafaelhernandezmontarce3558 3 місяці тому +3

      Será para devolverles lo robado😂😂😂

    • @omarfrancis7685
      @omarfrancis7685 3 місяці тому

      Wrong, those colonies used to support your country. Because your country illegally expliot other countries wealth

    • @t.s.satyanarayanan8344
      @t.s.satyanarayanan8344 3 місяці тому +8

      The loot has to be returned

  • @kentclark9812
    @kentclark9812 2 місяці тому +1

    The British Empire is the best example of studying realist politics

  • @patrickpet7905
    @patrickpet7905 2 місяці тому +13

    Don't let the Irish see this video...

    • @paulkelly8456
      @paulkelly8456 2 місяці тому

      Why ? He miscalculated our independence by about half a century but anyone can make a mistake.

    • @bob6693
      @bob6693 Місяць тому +1

      Its ok, they're all.down the pub

    • @paulennis2996
      @paulennis2996 Місяць тому

      At least we exist... spare a though for the poor Kiwis

  • @Truthbetold367
    @Truthbetold367 Місяць тому +6

    Many inaccuracies Britain didn’t manage to colonise and control Afghanistan

    • @beaucaspar3990
      @beaucaspar3990 Місяць тому +3

      Britain did actually control most of Afghanistan including key areas such as Kabul for a short period of time from 1839-1842, before a major uprising broke out in 1841 which lead to British-Indian forces withdrawing from the area

  • @OG-dp1kx
    @OG-dp1kx 3 місяці тому +21

    Scotland should be there right from the start. There was no Britain without Scotland. It was just England at the time

    • @user-wm2tw
      @user-wm2tw 3 місяці тому +5

      Wales, Scotland and NI are English colonies.

    • @OG-dp1kx
      @OG-dp1kx 3 місяці тому +11

      @user-wm2tw the parliament in Scotland voted to create the act of union in 1704 to create great Britain. About 100 years before that, it was a Scottish king that united the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland into one kingdom. Scotland has never been anyone's colony. Not even the Romans were able to make it one. India prior to independence is what you call a colony. If you still don't understand the difference

    • @douglasherron7534
      @douglasherron7534 3 місяці тому +5

      @@OG-dp1kx The Act of Union was 1707, not 1704, and James VI of Scotland united the crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 when he was offered the throne of England on the death of Elizabeth I. However, I agree, Scotland is not a colony.

    • @AndrewHepburn
      @AndrewHepburn 3 місяці тому

      @@user-wm2twwhat an idiot. England and Scotland united after the Scottish King James VI inherited the English throne and only a decade ago we democratically confirmed that we want that to continue.

    • @mikedon5205
      @mikedon5205 3 місяці тому

      That's what I don't get both islands were one nation in 1600 or am I wrong

  • @lordbuckethead8700
    @lordbuckethead8700 2 місяці тому +2

    It was all worth it, just to see Argentina screech about the Falklands.

  • @YasinDesktop
    @YasinDesktop 3 місяці тому +21

    U forgot to remove Ireland after WW1, it wasn’t occupied in WW2

  • @lordzeus6166
    @lordzeus6166 3 місяці тому +10

    King James Stuart of Scotland becoming king of England? 1603? Hello?😂

    • @Dinobaburas.
      @Dinobaburas. Місяць тому

      Yeah, but As the english will have it It's the english empire!

    • @ianmorris4922
      @ianmorris4922 Місяць тому

      ​@@Dinobaburas.had yer wish mon

  • @patricksweeney1924
    @patricksweeney1924 3 місяці тому +3

    Kerguelen DID have some British activity, mostly during the ages of discovery and commercial whaling. But by 1892, France had asserted (or reasserted) its claim over the Kerguelen Islands.

  • @mikman7219
    @mikman7219 2 місяці тому +4

    British Commonwealth (Empire) still includes 56 countries. 14 countries are under direct King's rule: 1.Antigua and Barbuda 2.Australia 3.Bahamas 4.Belize 5.Canada 6.Grenada 7.Jamaica 8.New Zealand 9.Papua New Guinea 10.Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.Saint Lucia 12.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.Solomon Islands 14.Tuvalu. It's not a secret. This info is open.

    • @harryw29
      @harryw29 Місяць тому +2

      The Commonwealth isn't an empire. It's a membership organisation of independent states

    • @claudioramirez3503
      @claudioramirez3503 Місяць тому +2

      Most of those countries look like a fly shit in the map😂😂😂

    • @ryrvoch4345
      @ryrvoch4345 Місяць тому

      @@harryw29 Very true. But whoever made this map doesn't appear to have been consistent about this.

  • @mikeblanch3453
    @mikeblanch3453 3 місяці тому +7

    What happened to New Zealand?

  • @alexandracapon5018
    @alexandracapon5018 Місяць тому

    This is amazing

  • @jamescooper9010
    @jamescooper9010 4 місяці тому +86

    You could literally walk from Egypt to South Africa and never leave British soil.

    • @seancurran6590
      @seancurran6590 3 місяці тому

      The island of Britain is British. The rest was stolen from others

    • @manoloxxl8776
      @manoloxxl8776 3 місяці тому +37

      Not british but occupied by brits

    • @johnorourke2279
      @johnorourke2279 3 місяці тому +8

      Hahaha, that's hilarious

    • @jamescooper9010
      @jamescooper9010 3 місяці тому +13

      @@manoloxxl8776 Show me anywhere that is habitable that hasn't been "occupied" by one group or another throughout recorded history, what I do know is that they brought infrastructure, law, medicine the ending of tribal warfare and open slavery wherever the Union Jack waved.

    • @rodgermann8365
      @rodgermann8365 3 місяці тому +7

      Or put another way imposed rules, values and a view on the ‘correct’ social order through colonisation and imperialism.

  • @davidholland6304
    @davidholland6304 3 місяці тому +1

    What's the bottom bit .. is this the so called ice wall or has the south pole grew a lot ...

  • @RamZar50
    @RamZar50 3 місяці тому +22

    The expansion of the British Empire began with supremacy at sea in the late 16th Century under QEI. The peak of the British Empire was shortly after WWI. After WWII the British Empire went into a continuous decline.

    • @mulletheadbanger
      @mulletheadbanger 3 місяці тому +1

      Correct , and thanks for saving me the bother , excellent piece of history in short sentence .

    • @mrm0max
      @mrm0max 3 місяці тому +3

      Et sont petits frères les États-Unis à pris le relais. Le monde est resté au mains des anglo-saxons

    • @RamZar50
      @RamZar50 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mrm0max Yes. U.S. was a colony of the Brits specially in the east. Let’s not forgot Canada, Australia and New Zealand. U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand still coordinate closely in intelligence. The rise of the U.S. as a world power started shortly after the American Civil War with railroads, oil, electricity, etc. and the defeat of the Spanish in 1898. Superpower status during and specially right after WWII. U.S. was so powerful that in 1944 it helped assemble two massive armadas to invade Europe on June 6th and the Mariana Islands on June 15th.

    • @brucejensen3081
      @brucejensen3081 3 місяці тому

      They were in decline way before WW1. Germany and America exported like 90% of all product just before WW1. A few decades before that Britain dominated the export trade. They were begging Germany for money just before WW1

    • @RamZar50
      @RamZar50 3 місяці тому +1

      @@brucejensen3081 You’re talking about economy which is true. I was talking about territory.

  • @jeremydean9694
    @jeremydean9694 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the video - one comment: missed the Falkland Islands. First settled in 1690, continuously administered since 1833.

  • @jcgpisces579
    @jcgpisces579 2 місяці тому +2

    What happened with Hong Kong? It was part of the British empire & it was handed over to China until 1997.

  • @stephens2850
    @stephens2850 3 місяці тому +23

    Can you please Redo this to include the most important country in the world- New Zealand. It is just to the right of Australia

    • @radleytube
      @radleytube 3 місяці тому +1

      What is important about it ?

    • @stephens2850
      @stephens2850 2 місяці тому +7

      I live here

    • @fomobull4187
      @fomobull4187 2 місяці тому

      ​@@radleytubePeter Jackson? And they have sheep. Still worth conquering, if barely so.

    • @radleytube
      @radleytube 2 місяці тому

      @@fomobull4187 but he is English ! And the sheep are Spanish!

    • @stephenmani8495
      @stephenmani8495 Місяць тому

      Agreed.

  • @CuthbertsFudgeCupboard
    @CuthbertsFudgeCupboard 2 місяці тому +2

    Like watching a mold grow. (almost literally)

  • @jasonpalacios1363
    @jasonpalacios1363 3 місяці тому +15

    You forgot to include Belize AKA British Honduras.

    • @homomorphic
      @homomorphic 3 місяці тому +1

      Also New Zealand, Malta, Gibraltar.

    • @1688gundam
      @1688gundam 3 місяці тому

      @@homomorphicAlso forgot Hong Kong

  • @DistantLights
    @DistantLights Місяць тому

    Great music!

  • @fireball1066
    @fireball1066 2 місяці тому +26

    As a "yank," I so enjoy watching the red disappear from the U.S. when the timeline hits 1783.
    All the same, I'm glad it was the Brits who got this former colony started. I think we took the best bits and moved on. So, I offer a sincere thank you!

    • @LucBylemans
      @LucBylemans 2 місяці тому

      Maybe you can understand that the us should withdraw everywhere and go back on their stolen continent!

    • @p.istaker8862
      @p.istaker8862 2 місяці тому +4

      But you did keep all of the religious nutters !

    • @dutchcourage70
      @dutchcourage70 2 місяці тому +3

      Except that they didn’t. The Spanish started it. And the Dutch, French, and Swedes followed very shortly after the British.

    • @fireball1066
      @fireball1066 2 місяці тому +7

      I didn't say Brits were the only influence. They were the dominant one by far. The others waned. I thought that was obvious.

    • @dutchcourage70
      @dutchcourage70 2 місяці тому +1

      @@fireball1066 While waning is correct in terms of formal colonial power over the US, I don’t think that is true for the socio-economic development of the US. Eg I doubt New York would have become what it is today if there had never been a New Amsterdam.

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 3 місяці тому +1

    @DoniMaps So what about New Zealand? Do you see that as so insignificant that you don't even see the need to show it on your map?

  • @user-cm9pt8bo3l
    @user-cm9pt8bo3l 3 місяці тому +3

    It could be said that the first century, the last part of the last century, and territories such as Antarctica are superfluous in the sequence.

  • @bernardusjones9814
    @bernardusjones9814 Місяць тому

    I've always found it fascinating that only a small portion of England, spoke English and how its language and culture became the standard around the world. Thanks.

  • @simonlaw9234
    @simonlaw9234 3 місяці тому +9

    Albion. God's gift to the world.

  • @1688gundam
    @1688gundam 3 місяці тому +1

    Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841-1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898.The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997

  • @geoffwag
    @geoffwag 2 місяці тому +3

    Excellent

  • @julesfisher3551
    @julesfisher3551 3 місяці тому +2

    Falkland Islands appears to be missing as well as the territories in France UK had initially.

  • @NULLBDBB
    @NULLBDBB Місяць тому +4

    The Final Boss Music make this so good. The British really were the final boss of the great Empires

  • @equitek
    @equitek 2 місяці тому +1

    What happened to the Falkland Islands?

  • @raulandalucia9880
    @raulandalucia9880 3 місяці тому +11

    Me encanta, que pongas las islas Canarias, Azores, Madeira y Cabo Verde, como británicas es un poco peculiar, no sabía que Florida era de Inglaterra tampoco 😂😂😂

    • @tommywulfric9768
      @tommywulfric9768 2 місяці тому

      Florida was actually British 1763-83.

    • @jamventura02
      @jamventura02 2 місяці тому

      Pobrezito! Queria que os arquipélagos fossem ingleses, mas não são!

  • @asanlidev
    @asanlidev Місяць тому

    I don’t understand the video. Why did you remove the color from countries which established a British led government

  • @aaronlemos5401
    @aaronlemos5401 3 місяці тому +4

    The British never had the Canary Islands... This map has several bugs

  • @engloulevent
    @engloulevent 4 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful ! Could you do the same with the french ?

  • @jeremyfoulds6202
    @jeremyfoulds6202 3 місяці тому +4

    Falkland Islands and Hong Kong??

  • @lucone2937
    @lucone2937 3 місяці тому +2

    German East Africa (1885-1919) was the same size as the modern Tanzania, Ruanda and Burundi combined, but the map makes it look smaller than Kenya and Uganda. During the First World War (1914-1918) the commander of the German East Africa Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck with a force of about 14,000 (3,000 Germans and 11,000 Africans) held in check a much larger force of 300,000 British, Indian, Belgian, and Portuguese troops.

  • @julianandressalazar5755
    @julianandressalazar5755 4 місяці тому +19

    Gibraltar should be in red after the Spanish Succession War. Nice video though!

    • @miguelruiz5727
      @miguelruiz5727 3 місяці тому +2

      Not for long

    • @Nicholas_119
      @Nicholas_119 3 місяці тому +3

      Canarias should not be in red, cabo verde and azores too

    • @lorddevonshire6382
      @lorddevonshire6382 3 місяці тому +1

      So many mistakes, I'm afraid

    • @kebabtank
      @kebabtank 3 місяці тому

      ​@You wish, onion breath.miguelruiz5727

    • @josebeniteziglesias8602
      @josebeniteziglesias8602 3 місяці тому +2

      Falta Cartagena de Indias, conquistada por el grandioso Vernon!!!

  • @alanmartin7315
    @alanmartin7315 3 місяці тому +2

    New Zealand not on the map at all!?

  • @redouanalkamouchi4806
    @redouanalkamouchi4806 3 місяці тому +4

    I think Canada and Australia are independent states/countrys within Brittish commonwealth/empire. So technically Australië and Canada is still Brittish empire. Also i didnt see Hongkong added in this video.

    • @ryrvoch4345
      @ryrvoch4345 Місяць тому

      There is, strictly speaking, no "British Commonwealth" today - that name was officially dropped generations ago, in recognition of the fact that the member states are equal, which is just one of the ways that the Commonwealth is not what we usually call an empire.

  • @bmcmillian69
    @bmcmillian69 3 місяці тому +2

    Were the faeroes ever British? See them highlighted in red but don’t think they ever were?

  • @keepingitwild5994
    @keepingitwild5994 2 місяці тому +16

    My second favourite empire ever - after the Roman empire of course.
    It's amazing how such a small nation managed to colonize huge swathes of land with millions of people living in them.

    • @pinkpanther7030
      @pinkpanther7030 2 місяці тому +2

      And so much travelling by sea with no airplanes. Must have been extremely exhausting to control all those lands and people 😮

    • @Ruslan74-vt5fz
      @Ruslan74-vt5fz 2 місяці тому +9

      Don't forget the atrocities and pillaging of everything from each of those nations they colonized too.

    • @autodigitvlogs
      @autodigitvlogs 2 місяці тому +2

      Ofcourse its easier to gloat

    • @A-j8x
      @A-j8x 2 місяці тому

      You can either become the villan or a victim ​@@Ruslan74-vt5fz

    • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
      @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 2 місяці тому +5

      There was no total control. Many areas such as in India never saw a Brit.

  • @YousufAlee
    @YousufAlee Місяць тому +7

    Thank God for the British

  • @Super-opinion
    @Super-opinion Місяць тому

    These baaatraads are the only baastrdds responsible for this much chaos around the world

  • @mois6860
    @mois6860 3 місяці тому +7

    The British, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch & so on, carved - up the world between us (we took the most). Now it’s coming back to bite us…

    • @9615544
      @9615544 3 місяці тому

      Aşşalık hırsız bir topluluk olduğunuz için olabilir mi acaba

    • @HanifStormborn
      @HanifStormborn 2 місяці тому

      Colonial empires will one day have what’s coming to them.

  • @diannehogan7605
    @diannehogan7605 3 місяці тому +1

    Am I missing something?
    It showed Australia being in the British empire until WWII but federation happened in 1901.

  • @1har2vey3
    @1har2vey3 3 місяці тому +17

    Canada still has the king on its coins so are still part of empire

    • @zenithkaijaou4182
      @zenithkaijaou4182 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah but not really.

    • @jlove8445
      @jlove8445 2 місяці тому +3

      And seeing how Canada never (ever) publicly critisized or ever said anything derogatory against England or the Royal family should speak volumes.
      Half the country is what they refer to as “Crown land” and Canadian Politics and societal norms are also incredibly similar to England today.

    • @cristoforodelnero5138
      @cristoforodelnero5138 2 місяці тому +3

      As does Australia.

    • @ryrvoch4345
      @ryrvoch4345 Місяць тому

      Except nobody uses the term empire anymore, since that is usually understood to imply a central authority, which at least for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK etc., hasn't existed for a fairly long time.

    • @nickwinn7812
      @nickwinn7812 27 днів тому +1

      No, they're in the commonwealth. That is very different to being ruled by Britain.

  • @garymacdonald7165
    @garymacdonald7165 Місяць тому +3

    The entire world owes the UK a fortune!

    • @Ν.Τ-η9β
      @Ν.Τ-η9β Місяць тому

      Εhm....if it didn't exist Greeks maybe

  • @mospeada1152
    @mospeada1152 2 місяці тому +1

    We may not be part of the British Empire any more, but I'd like to think we are still members of the Commonwealth!

  • @njorogefred150
    @njorogefred150 2 місяці тому +5

    Incredible how that small dot at the beginning is the reason we have independence days in the world over 😅

  • @hitime2405
    @hitime2405 Місяць тому

    Until the act of union in 1707 there was no British Empire, you started your count 107 years too early.

  • @thakery5720
    @thakery5720 3 місяці тому +12

    ... and to think, the Roman empire declined as the people from it's 'conquored' states took up residence in Rome and trashed it.
    Exactley the same situation as in London now.... I wonder if anyone in ancient Rome was pilloried in the same way as Enoch !

    • @geofflepper3207
      @geofflepper3207 Місяць тому

      It probably wasn't a good idea to purposely destroy your reputation by going online and telling the world that you are a racist, xenophobic bigot.

  • @brittakriep2938
    @brittakriep2938 2 місяці тому +1

    From 1714 to 1839 British Kings had also been in socalled Personal Union Electors or Kings of Hanover.

  • @BramFortesque
    @BramFortesque 3 місяці тому +5

    Glad and proud to be English 🇬🇧🇬🇧👊

    • @mindblowingproducts3347
      @mindblowingproducts3347 2 місяці тому

      Worst nation of the world

    • @paulkelly8456
      @paulkelly8456 2 місяці тому

      Yes on balance you have every right to feel that way. Any genuine English person I ever dealt with left a positive impression on me.

  • @finnmanproductions9240
    @finnmanproductions9240 2 місяці тому +1

    It was like, grab what you can, while you can.

  • @andreytolmachev1435
    @andreytolmachev1435 3 місяці тому +11

    "For you were made from dust and to dust you will return..."

    • @lorddevonshire6382
      @lorddevonshire6382 3 місяці тому +1

      Far-called, our navies melt away,
      On dune and headland sink the fire;
      Lo, all our pomp of yesterday is one with Nineveh and Tyre.

    • @johnvoice815
      @johnvoice815 3 місяці тому

      Yawn yawn yawn....m

  • @micksmith106
    @micksmith106 3 місяці тому +2

    We might have had an empire... but just look at us now . Talk about from rags to riches . It's now the other way round...

  • @BobSlydell
    @BobSlydell 3 місяці тому +48

    Man, the British Empire had the most civilizing effects on the world. I'm sorry it was reduced to Labour Party tyranny.

    • @AIkemystic
      @AIkemystic 3 місяці тому

      @@BobSlydell these are the lies they tell you.
      In fact the British are the most savage creatures on this planet (and of course their Israeli creation!!!)

    • @saorsa5
      @saorsa5 3 місяці тому

      You are delusional mass slavery mass land theft mass murder

    • @dave3gan
      @dave3gan 3 місяці тому +12

      Not from the point of view of the people colonised. When Ireland was part of the empire we lived in abject poverty. It took decades of independence to recover to where we are now.

    • @MontysKillerRabbit
      @MontysKillerRabbit 3 місяці тому

      I'd suggest you back to school on this
      The places that were colonised have had problems ever since.
      The British went in for their profits, and then when they left, put in a minority authority to control the region by proxy.
      The Americans have tweaked the system so that they don't need as many boots on the ground.
      But your assessment is wildly uneducated.

    • @arupchand6634
      @arupchand6634 3 місяці тому +8

      I pity your understanding of the bloodshed in the making of the empire.never mind

  • @stephennelmes4557
    @stephennelmes4557 2 місяці тому +1

    You should do one about the cause of World War 1 and how it was caused by Germanys' insatiable insane Empire building, and it's lust for power.

  • @drc9675drc
    @drc9675drc 3 місяці тому +16

    The largest empire the world has ever seen and will ever see and will never be repeated ever.

    • @marriedkiwi
      @marriedkiwi 3 місяці тому +1

      Amazon

    • @LindaGrey-wm9uc
      @LindaGrey-wm9uc 3 місяці тому +7

      Thank God.. the british colonial conquest was incredibly cruel and arrogant.

    • @marriedkiwi
      @marriedkiwi 3 місяці тому +3

      @@LindaGrey-wm9uc nonsense. You know nothing of history and accept too much angle from the perspecs of the sad and pathetic culture you like in. British colonial history is not so much a conquest as a humanitarian and trade endeavour. Of course there were abuses and the fatal impact causes disease and native societal imbalances but they gave so much treasure to the world they entered. No Maori has ate another Maoru since 1841! This is why the chief declared "stay with us, be our governor, resolve our disputes." Wherever the British went no Mao, Hitler Stalin (responsible for 270 million deaths) could follow because they gave the principles of civll society.

    • @kebabtank
      @kebabtank 3 місяці тому

      But we did it. Suck on that!​@@LindaGrey-wm9uc

    • @BRTowe
      @BRTowe 3 місяці тому +12

      ​@@LindaGrey-wm9uc Maybe. It was also the greatest leap forward the world has ever seen.

  • @davidkerr4137
    @davidkerr4137 25 днів тому

    It would be interesting to see the land France, Germany and Spain etc had over the same time period on the same video

  • @WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle
    @WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle 3 місяці тому +8

    Canada, despite the Statute of Westminster, didn't leave the British Empire until they patriated their Constitution in the 1980s.
    You don't have your own nation if your constitution is a law of another government and are merely autonomous because the parent nation allows it.

    • @ryrvoch4345
      @ryrvoch4345 Місяць тому

      No serious person really thinks there was a British Empire by that time. Also, the patriation of the constitution was really only delayed for so long because the few people who actually cared about the amending formula couldn't agree. There's no real grounds to believe that the British could have unilaterally changed the Canadian constitution before that, much as they couldn't truly control Canadian foreign policy even before the Statute of Westminster.

  • @erekekabulov6816
    @erekekabulov6816 2 місяці тому +2

    There are some inaccuracies. The Sepoy Rebellion and the liberation of India in 1858 is not reflected on the map. Also, during World War II, the occupation of Iran was joint with the USSR and partial.

    • @Donimaps420
      @Donimaps420  2 місяці тому +1

      I see, I thank you for pointing that out

  • @househistorian
    @househistorian 3 місяці тому +5

    Fun to watch but there are quite a few inaccuracies. You placed British Honduras (Belize) too far south on the coast of Nicaragua and the once independent Dominion of Newfoundland which rejoined the British Empire due to economic problems joined Canada in March of 1949. Also the panhandle portion of Russian Alaska seemed missing. Even if Britain had claims further west among the mountains of the panhandle, Russian Alaska clearly extended further south along the coast.

    • @Donimaps420
      @Donimaps420  3 місяці тому +2

      Thank you for pointing that out. I highly respect comments that don't just say "inaccurate"

    • @househistorian
      @househistorian 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Donimaps420 I am in awe of the research and work you did. I could never do it... but i do know my maps. 😎 Keep up the great work.

    • @Donimaps420
      @Donimaps420  3 місяці тому

      @@househistorian thank you

  • @flyingoctopus6328
    @flyingoctopus6328 2 місяці тому

    The fact that Scotland was independent while England had colonies in America altered my perception of history a bit just now

  • @Low_fee.6937
    @Low_fee.6937 3 місяці тому +14

    Indians should thank britain for unifying india, otherwise it would've remained like present day africa, with no territorial unity, concurrent civil wars, geneocides, diseases and famines.
    India instead of celebrating independence day, should be celebrating the day of it's unification.

    • @subhashishdeb6602
      @subhashishdeb6602 3 місяці тому +3

      The famines happened under British rule. There hasn’t been a single famine after independence. The Brits didn’t actually come to unify India but is a consequence of their stay here.

    • @Low_fee.6937
      @Low_fee.6937 3 місяці тому +3

      @@subhashishdeb6602
      Only famine that was caused by british was in bengal during world war 2.
      Brtish along with other colonialists actually increased the agricultural productivity of india during their reign, by bringing in crops like potatos, papaya, maize, peanuts, sugarcane, rubber, guava, avocado, carrots, tomatos etc
      There wasn't a single famine in india, since independence. The reason is UNITED NATIONS was formed after ww2 and they aided the indian govt to feed the poor, even at the time of drought or at the time of redundant food supply.
      There are droughts in india even till this day, which could've caused famines.

    • @Low_fee.6937
      @Low_fee.6937 3 місяці тому

      @@subhashishdeb6602
      British fought against durrani empire, mughals, mysore sultanates, bengal nawab, marathas and sikhs to form the bulk of india & kept many regions under their control as princely states letting the indegenous kings to rule and collect taxes, just like as they did before.
      If there weren't any british interference, delhi would be under the afghans, because of durrani invasions, south india will be under tipu, hyderabad will be under the nizams or have been conquered by mysore, bengal will be under the afghan nawabs, northern deccan will be under marathas, and princely states like rajasthan, gujarat, j&k might have remained as sovereign countries or defeated by durrani- rohilla/oudh coalition

    • @subhashishdeb6602
      @subhashishdeb6602 3 місяці тому +1

      While I agree with some of the details you have provided, when the British took over India Marathas and Sikhs were the dominant powers in India. The Mughals were actually under the protection of the Scindias.

    • @Low_fee.6937
      @Low_fee.6937 3 місяці тому

      @@subhashishdeb6602 Durranis defeated marathas in majority of the battles they have engaged in. After battle of panipat, maratha empire was weakened.
      Pakistan was under durrani control, there was an imminent threat of a full scale invasion of the subcontinent, just like what the mughals did in 16th century and durrani at that period was allied with the afsharids of iran & rohillakhand of awadh, india and had ethnical ties with bengal sultanate
      British curtailed scope of such an invasion, by their direct military engagement against afghans and pushed them back to the boundaries of pakistan that exists to this day.

  • @aguythatworkstoomuch4624
    @aguythatworkstoomuch4624 Місяць тому +1

    All that world domination and they couldn’t even control their own island!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿