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West and the Wider World, The 1500 - 1800
The first circumnavigation of the globe led by Ferdinand Megellan marked the beginning of European domination of the world; the shift in power from the Mediterranean to west and north-western Europe. The great colonial empires of Spain and Portugal and the gradual increase of Dutch trade and power. The English developments in marine and technology marked the beginnings of the British Empire.Release
1985
Minutes
26
Grade Level
S,C
Format
VHS
The first circumnavigation of the globe led by Ferdinand Megellan marked the beginning of European domination of the world; the shift in power from the Mediterranean to west and north-western Europe. The great colonial empires of Spain and Portugal and the gradual increase of Dutch trade and power. The English developments in marine and technology marked the beginnings of the British Empire.
This film is part of a series. The series title and other films in this series are listed below.
World, The: A Television History - A Twenty-Six Part Series
- Africa Before the Europeans - 100 - 1500
- Age of Iron, The - 200 BC -AD 200
- Age of Revolutions, The 1776-1848
- Agricultural Revolution, The 8000 BC - 5000 BC
- Americas Before The Europeans 300 - 1500
- Asia 1600-1800
- Birth of Civilization, The 6000 BC - 20M BC
- China And Japan 1279-1600
- China in Transition 581-1279
- End of the Ancient World, The AD 100 - AD 600
- End of the Old Order, The 1900-1929
- Europe Recovers 800-1250
- Europe: State and Power 1453-1700
- Expansion Of Europe 1250-1500
- Greece And Rome 1200 BC - AD 200
- Human Origins 10,000,000 BC - 8000 BC
- Industry And Empire 1870 - 1914
- Islam 600 - 1200
- Making of Russia, The 1480-1860
- Making of the United States of America, The 1776 - 1890
- Modern World, The 1945 -
- Mongol Onslaught, The 850-1500
- Ottoman Empire, The 1280 - 1683
- West and the Wider World, The 1500 - 1800
- World in Conflict, The 1929-1945
- World Religions, The 600 BC - AD 500
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