Our country's flag and the flags of foreign countries (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 39
In 1660Charles II (son of Charles I) was restored tothe throne, and changes were again made inthe flag of Great Britain* Early in 1707 * Great Britain is England and Scotland, and does not in-clude Ireland. Queen Victoria rules over the United Kingdomof Great Britain and Ireland, and she is Empress… … Fig. 6.—The red ensign of Great Britain, adopted in 1707 andused until 1801, when Ireland was admitted into theunion. The flag of most British merchant vessels is likethis. The war vessels now fly the cross of St. George on awhite field with a union in the upper and inner corner,though they used to…
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