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John Dee wrote The Limits of the British Empire in the late 16th century to promote imperial expansion. It consisted of four documents assembled for Queen Elizabeth I. The second document included a now-lost diagram that depicted geographical locations mapped onto an image of the Queen on her throne, with cities in China located near her hands and other lands like Japan, North America, and the Arctic strait near her feet. Dee used this metaphorical map to express his vision of Britain establishing dominion
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