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Sun, May 6, 2007. Host Victoria Wood continues her tour of former British colonies - Queen Victoria's Empire - by visiting Ghana, Jamaica and Newfoundland. In Ghana, the focus is on how the British perfected the slave trade and the impact that has had on modern Ghanaian society. Many of those slaves were transported to Jamaica to work on sugar ...
Synopsis The people who shaped the British Empire during Queen Victoria's reign. Network PBS. Rating TV-G. Genre Documentary, History. Original Language English. Release Date Jan 14, 2001.
The Queen reigned during a time of great economic prosperity, when the power of the British Empire was at its peak. Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901, enjoying a longer reign than any monarch before her. Her name is synonymous with an entire era, and she was one of the most powerful women in history.
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Victoria Wood travels around the world in search of the legacy of Queen Victoria. Humorous and grave in equal measures, her epic journey takes us on a breathtaking tour of the old Empire beginning in India and continuing through Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia and Zambia.
"Queen Victoria's Empire" is both the story of this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a queen who ruled over one-fifth of the world's population.
7 de feb. de 2006 · As Canada expanded westward, so did Victoria’s empire. Royal visits by Victoria’s children to Canada’s west were an opportunity to affirm Victoria’s personal relationship with her subjects. Victoria’s son-in-law, Lord Lorne, was greeted as the “great brother-in-law” by First Nations communities when he travelled across the ...
28 de mar. de 2024 · Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) and characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world.
