Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world..}} It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west –these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago.Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Honshu in Japan and Java in Indonesia, and the most populated island outside of Asia.
The term "Great Britain" can also refer to the political territory of England, Scotland and Wales, which includes their offshore islands. This territory, together with Northern Ireland, constitutes the United Kingdom. Provided by Wikipedia
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741Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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742Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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743Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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744Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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747Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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748Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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749Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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752Published 1916Contributors: “...Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. John Player & Sons...”
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753by Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888Contributors: “...Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee...”
Published 1849
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754by Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880Contributors: “...Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee...”
Published 1859
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755by Segawa, Takahiro, Yonezawa, Takahiro, Edwards, Arwyn, Akiyoshi, Ayumi, Tanaka, Sota, Uetake, Jun, Irvine‐Fynn, Tristram, Fukui, Kotaro, Li, Zhongqin, Takeuchi, NozomuContributors: “...Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation...”
Published in Journal of Biogeography (2017)
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756by Newinger, ChristinaContributors: “...Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain)...”
Published 2015
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757by Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958.Contributors: “...Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)...”
Published 1911
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758by Smith, Thomas, 1798-1875Contributors: “...Bullock, Frederick; Great Britain. Hydrographic Office; J. & C. Walker (Firm)...”
Published 1828
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759by Smith, Thomas, 1798-1875Contributors: “...Bullock, Frederick; Great Britain. Hydrographic Office; J. & C. Walker (Firm)...”
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760by Smith, Thomas, 1798-1875Contributors: “...Bullock, Frederick; Great Britain. Hydrographic Office; J. & C. Walker (Firm)...”
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