The Week In: Cartography Discovery -- The Decline of Western Civilization

Trina likes to tell the story about how her family loves colonization and the omnipotence of globalization. Without the British Empire, where would the world be? My guess is a) all white folks would be Catholic after the Spanish Armada wiped out everyone back in the 16th century, especially with no Francis Drake; b) "America" would be (even more) Spanish-speaking and probably still have a thriving slave industry; c) I'd be buried underneath a giant wall somewhere, my stomach containing only tofu rather than delicious fried foods.
God bless those Brits? Yeah sure, if only for bringing me the glories of fried chicken. And shit, look at all that land they owned in Antartica.