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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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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project