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Setting Sail from the Old World

The European search for new maritime trading routes to the East

Series looking at the history of globalisation. Today, how the search for maritime trading routes to the East, starting with Christopher Colombus in 1492, marked a fundamental difference between the outward-looking but less developed countries of Europe and the highly developed but inward-looking China.

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27 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project