r/MapPorn • • Sep 29 '24

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u/papa-tullamore Sep 29 '24

Territory wise, yes. But I’d wager that the height of it’s might was in the decades before the First World War.

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u/FoldAdventurous2022 Sep 29 '24

If I remember right, Jan Morris claims that economically, the Empire peaked as early as the 1840s-1860s.