Excerpt from The British Colonies, Vol. 2: Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources IN the valuable compilation made by Mr. Montgomery Martin may be obtained the fullest and most authentic information in regard to the history, the extent, the condition, and the resources of the British colonies. The introductory part now under consideration is embellished with an admirable and inestimable map of the world, on Mercator's system, indicating every portion of the globe belonging to Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.