It prospered as the hub of a commercial and trading nation when the sun never set on the British Empire.

早在日不落帝国时代，它就已经是这个商贸国家繁荣的港口了。

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English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583. By 1900 Britain had built up a big empire, "on which the sun never set".

英国殖民扩张始于1583年纽芬兰的殖民化，到1900年，英国已经建立了“太阳永不落”的大英帝国。

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Anyone visiting the library's reading room can now peruse these pages, along with the first draft of Ballard's semi-autobiographical "Empire of the Sun", and his school reports and letters.

现在任何到图书馆阅览室的人都和一认真地阅读这些手稿，包括有Ballard半自传的《帝国的太阳》第一遍草稿，以及他的学校报告和书信。

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One of the most important developments was the rise of the British navy the "empire" on which "the sun never set" in the mid-19th century.

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