The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 30
British Colonies and Possessions
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British Colonies and Possessions.
Name. | Where Situated. | How and When Acquired. | |
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Aden | Southern Arabia | Captured | 1839 |
Ascension | South Atlantic Ocean | Taken Possession of | 1815 |
Bahamas | West Indies | Colonised, 1629; finally ceded | 1783 |
Basuto Land | South Africa | Annexed | 1871 |
Bermudas | North Atlantic Ocean | Settlement | 1609 |
Canada | |||
Ontario and Quebec | North America | Capitulation | 1759-90 |
Nova Scotia and N. Brunswick. | North America | Settlement, 1623; ceded to France, 1667; restored | 1713 |
Cape Colony | South Africa | Capitulation, 1806; cession | 1815 |
Ceylon | Indian Ocean | Captured, 1796; cession | 1815 |
Cyprus | Mediterranean Sea | Treaty | 1878 |
Falkland Islands | South Atlantic Ocean | Cession | 1771 |
Fiji Islands | South Pacific Ocean | Cession. | 1874 |
Gambia | West Africa | Settlement | 1588 |
Gibraltar | Mediterranean Sea | Capitulation | 1704 |
Greenland | Arctic Ocean | Discovery | 1585 |
Gold Coast | West Africa | Settlement, 1664; ceded | 1872 |
Guiana | South America | Captured, 1781; treaty | 1815 |
Heligoland | North Sea | Capture | 1807 |
Honduras | Central America | Treaty . | 1783page 21 |
India | Southern Asia | Settlement, 1612; conquest | 1756-1886 |
Jamaica | West Indies | Capture | 1655 |
Kermadec Islands | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1886 |
Labuan | Malaysia | Cession. | 1846 |
Lagos | West Africa | Cession. | 1861 |
Leeward Islands— | |||
Montserrat, St. Christopher with Anguilla, Virgin Islands, Dominica Nevis, Antigua, and Barbuda | West Indies | Settlement | 1663 |
Malta | Mediterranean Sea | Cession, 1628-1703; settlement | 1800 |
Mauritius | Indian Ocean | Capture | 1810 |
Natal | South Aprica | Settlement | 1843 |
Newfoundland | North Atlantic Ocean | Treaty | 1713 |
New Guinea | Melanesia | Settlement | 1884 |
New South Wales | Melanesia | Settlement | 1788 |
New Zealand | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1840 |
Norfolk Island | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1825 |
North Borneo | Malaysia | Settlement | 1878 |
Perim | Red Sea | Settlement | 1857 |
Queensland | Melanesia | Settlement | 1825 |
Rotumah | South Pacific Ocean | Settlement | 1881 |
Sierra Leone | West Africa | Settlement | 1787 |
South Australia | Melanesia | Settlement | 1836 |
St. Helena | South Atlantic Ocean | Captured | 1673 |
Straits Settlements | Straits of Malacca | Cession and purchase | 1786-1824 |
Tasmania. | Australasia | Settlement | 1803 |
Trinidad | West Indies | Capitulation. | 1797 |
Turk Islands | West Indies | Cession. | 1783 |
Victoria | Australasia | Settlement | 1803 |
West Australia | Australasia | Settlement | 1829 |
Windward Islands— | |||
Grenada and the Grenadines, Tobago, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Barbadoes | West Indies | Cession. | 1605-1803 |