Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 [xx] + 10 aquatint plates

[xx] + 10 aquatint plates with original hand colour

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

while the latter may be incomplete (collation given as pp

drawn and engraved by Henry Winkles

The collation of plates includes the map end-papers in each volume

Navy League Pocket Map of the British Empire Date of Publication_c.1760 [xx] + 10 aquatint platesFounded 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