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The map shows the territories that were under the British Empire. At its peak, the
empire covered 24% of the world’s land area, making Britain the most powerful
nation to the point that it was referred to as ‘the empire on which the sun never
sets’ because it had the territories on both sides of the globe. (wikipedia, 2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_British_Empire_Anachronous_(local_copy).png