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1,576 Colony Territory Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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antique photograph of the british empire: annexation of the territory of the king of ado - colony territory stock illustrations

Antique photograph of the British Empire: Annexation of the territory of the king of Ado

antique photograph of the british empire: annexation of the territory of the king of ado - colony territory stock illustrations

Antique photograph of the British Empire: Annexation of the territory of the king of Ado

Native Court in Ujili, Tanganyika Territory, Africa', circa 1930s. Tanganyika was taken under British rule by a League of Nations Mandate in 1922,...

A Native Court In Ujili

Notre Dame de l'Immaculee Conception Cathedral in the City of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a...

India : Illustration

Emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, adults and chicks, Near Mawson Station, Australian Antarctic Territory.

Emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri

The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status. Entrance to the French embassy.

City of Pondicherry

The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status. Old French trading post.

City of Pondicherry

The defence of Haut-Niger, French Sudan, 1891. The colony of French Sudan was established in 1891, corresponding to the territory of the modern...

The defence of Haut-Niger, French Sudan, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer

Group of British marines watch British naval officers shaking hands with Chinese officials as Hong Kong is proclaimed a British territory. The...

Hong Kong Handover

Following Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama's success in discovering a sea route around Africa to India in 1498, King Manuel I commissioned Pedro...

Brazil/ Portugal: The arrival of Cabral's fleet in Porto Seguro on the coast of Brazil in April 1500, as depicted on an engraving by Theodor de Bry.

Map of the British colonies in North America. Engraving by William Faden. 1777, Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

Map of the British colonies.

Color-coded map, entitled 'Map No 3, English Colonies Showing Extent of Actual Jurisdiction,' illustrates the French , English , and Spanish , the...

Map No 3, English Colonies, 1700'

British soldier standing near the North Station, Chapei during the Sino-Japanese conflict. They named their dugouts and sandbag emplacements in a...

Chapei Sandbags

North America divided into its III principall [sic] parts, 1685. This map, North America Divided into its III Principal Parts, was created in the...

North America Divided Into Its Iii Principall [Sic] Parts

Africa, Congo, Construction of the railway in the territory colonized by Belgium, Engraving in 1892.

Entry of the French army into Tunisian territory. Finding very little resistance, it was proclaimed the French Protectorate of Tunisia . French...

Entry of the French army into Tunisian territory. Finding very little resistance, it was proclaimed the French Protectorate of Tunisia (from May 12, 1881 to March 20, 1956). French expedition to Tunisia. Fort on Tabarka Island. Engraving, 1881.

Children's shoes at a small memorial outside the Ontario Legislative Building after the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children found...

Memorial After The Discovery Of The Remains Of 215 Indigenous Children

The Last German Colony, East Africa', 1916. General Lettow-Vorbeck led the German military in East Africa, his guerilla tactics compelled Britain to...

The Last German Colony

The City of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status on January 10, 2018 in...

India : Illustration

The french high school in the City of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status...

India : Illustration

Theodor de Bry. The Englishmen's Arrival in Virginia: Map of Virginia coast showing Native territories Secotan and Weapemoc, and the Native community...

The Englishmen's Arrival in Virginia.

Map of India in 1856 . From Cassell's History of England, Vol. VI.

Map of India in 1856 (1906)

The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status. Street scene in Pondicherry.

City of Pondicherry

Cecil Rhodes, English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, c1900. Portrayed in this painting riding on his estate, Groote Schuur, Cecil...

Cecil Rhodes, English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, c1900.

Plane lands at Gibraltar airport during the UK Daily Life on July 27, 2024 in Gibraltar, United Kingdom. Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the...

UK Daily Life 2024

Map of the mining district of California, 1851. This map, produced in two parts in the early years after the California Gold Rush of 1849, shows the...

Map Of The Mining District Of California

An illustration describing a British offer of territory in British colonial Africa to the Jewish people as a homeland, circa 1905. The illustration...

British Uganda Program

The British Indian Ocean Territory or Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between...

Ilois man husking coconuts.

Map of East Africa, First World War, . Map showing colonial possessions including the Belgian Congo, British East Africa, German East Africa,...

Map Of East Africa

The Desert Phase of the South-West African Campaign: Union Troops plodding forward under fire', First World War . 'The photograph gives a good idea...

The Desert Phase Of The South-West African Campaign

Governor Stuyvesant Destroying The Summons To Surrender', . Dutch soldier and colonial administrator Peter Stuyvesant was the last Director-General...

Governor Stuyvesant Destroying The Summons To Surrender

Color illustration entitled 'United States After Sept. 3, 1783; the Original Colonies, 1783' features two maps of North American, one which shows the...

Illustration Entitled 'United States After Sept. 3, 1783'

The market of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status on January 10, 2018 in...

India : Illustration

The City of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status on January 10, 2018 in...

India : Illustration

The City of Pondicherry. The former French colony of Pondicherry is a Union Territory with a special administrative status. Tamil cinema poster in...

India : Illustration

People take to the streets of Hong Kong on July 1 the 21st anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese rule, to protest China's...

Hong Kong handover day

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy (C) sha

French president Nicolas Sarkozy holds a child as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the Prefecture of...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy holds a

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is seen on his way to reach a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the Prefecture of Martinique,...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy (C) is

French president Nicolas Sarkozy waves to wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the Prefecture of...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy (foregr

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes

French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks with people as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the Prefecture of...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy (C) spe

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with wellwishers as he arrives for a meeting with local politician on February 18, 2010 at the...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy shakes

Call for the Grand Rush for the Indian Territory; Call for the colonization of the Indian Territory.

Call for the Grand Rush for the Indian Territory.

View of a map illustrating the territory of Louisiana at the beginning of the XVIIIth century. This territory, which became a French colony in 1682,...

CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE AU DEBUT DU XVIIIème SIECLE

Former Chief Secretary, Anson Chan greets a fan, while doing some last minuet campaigning, as Hong KongOs residents go to the polls in a Legislative...

Former Chief Secretary, Anson Chan(left) greets a fan, while

Election officials open up the ballot boxes at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, March...

Election officials open up the ballot boxes at AsiaWorld-Exp

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, second left, and his wife Sanila, right, arrive at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive...

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, second left, and

Alan Leong, barrister and member of the Civic Party, shows his dejection after losing the 2007 election bid for Hong Kong's Chief Executive to rival...

Alan Leong, barrister and member of the Civic Party, shows h

Richard Li, chairman of PCCW Ltd., left, arrives at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday,...

Richard Li, chairman of PCCW Ltd., left, arrives at AsiaWorl

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, speaks to the media after his re-election win at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive...

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, speaks to the me

Demonstrators hold up signs for universal suffrage at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday,...

Demonstrators hold up signs for universal suffrage at AsiaWo

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, left, speaks to the media after his re-election win at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief...

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, left, speaks to

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, speaks to the media after his re-election win at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive...

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, speaks to the me

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, third right, is presented with a bouquet of flowers at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief...

Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong, third right, is

Li Ka-Shing, chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., arrives at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, China, on...

Li Ka-Shing, chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., arrives at

Alan Leong, barrister and member of the Civic Party, speaks to the media upon arriving at AsiaWorld-Expo for the 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive...

Alan Leong, barrister and member of the Civic Party, speaks

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