At the end of the quotation, when the author says “Island” he refers to England. This excerpt refers to the fact that the English people took a great amount of land as its colonies between the 16th and 18th centuries. The British Empire and its Colonial Department was settled in England, which is and Island.
And the author states that it is absurd that a quite smaller island would govern a continent as big as Africa.
Answer:
one is more than the other one
Explanation:
Reduce gov, you’re welcome
You need a time period to be entered here because the Maximum Land area
(million Km to the power of 2) list the British Empire as 35.5 to the power of 3, while the Soviets only have a 22 or so. According to this information, the British Empire is larger in land mass than the Soviet Union. Again, we need a time period for an accurate answer.