William Dampier
The pirate who became Britain's greatest navigator
Amelia's History Comics
Illustrated narratives bringing key moments of British Empire history to life. Each comic is grounded in primary sources and historical record.
Dampier: Part I
Mutiny on the high seas
Dampier: Part II
Shipwreck on Ascension Island
Dampier: Part III
The voyage of discovery
Dampier: Part IV
Mapping the unknown
HMS Black Joke
The slave ship turned anti-slavery patrol vessel
HMS Daphne
Hunting slavers off the coast of Africa
Matthew Flinders
The man who mapped Australia
The Sati Ban
Ending the practice of widow-burning in India
The Scilly Isles
Britain's naval disaster of 1707
Tower Bridge
Engineering the Victorian age
The Crusades
Richard the Lionheart and the Holy Land
The Aswan Dam
Engineering on the Nile
Amelia & Evelyn
A tale of two women
The First Master
Life aboard a Royal Navy warship
General Charles Napier
Conquest of Sindh
The Compensation
40% of the national budget to free 800,000 people
The Interceptors
The West Africa Squadron's 60-year campaign
The Fever Maps
Ronald Ross and the discovery of malaria transmission
The Meridian
How Britain gave the world its time
The Partition
36 days that displaced 14 million people