Empire Explorer Gifts

An Ottoman Resurgence?

"Hail, Caesar! The barbarians have been beaten back, and Rome is still Numero Uno."

New nation - who dis?

"Cold! You aren't very kind!"

Napoleon III - 'Dead Men's Clothes Soon Wear Out'- A Parody on 'Napoleon I, after Waterloo'

'Carlo Khan's Triumphal Entry into Leadenhall St.' - Respose to Charles James Fox's India Bill

European Capital Investment in the Ottoman State

Controversy over 1858 Government of India Bill

'You conquered Asia Minor? -- you always were an underachiever.'

'We only stay together for the sake of the Holy Roman Empire.'

Rupert Murdoch controlling his news empire. Rebekah Brooks

"Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme takes a celebrity to the most extreme places on Earth!"

Check out the nice crawdads I have in the bait bucket, George.

"The Ice Age must've caught him by surprise..."

'He's not a pet. He's an endangered species.'

"Not only pharmaceuticals - we're also finding all sorts of industrial chemicals here."

Winter Coat Check at a Tropical Destination's Airport

Packed boats of families on a seaside holidays

"Harry—Let's get brunch and day drink."

Boy bringing home an octopus in a fish bowl.

'Are we there yet?'

Surf Casting

Dear Diary. . . why, oh why, did I choose an adventure holiday?

Build a Raft

'Upon entering the rain forest...' 'Thousands of unknown species, and we can fool around with the genes of every one of them.'

"I just assumed that the whale we adopted would stay in the ocean."

"The hyenas started it."

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

"I was young and cocky because I wasn't aware of my shortcomings. Now I'm old and cocky because I can't remember what they are."

The Food Chain

"The note in the bottle said someone's stranded here, but where is he?"

'My Pilot-Fish is on holidays, so I'm using a GPS System to find my way around...'

"Say Bernie, how come this little guy's been following you around all week?"

"Can you believe you left your job and family to search for this key, and it was under here the whole time?"

In a cycle - one bucket out, one bucket in.