The World: A Television History

The West and the Wider World: 1500 - 1800 (1x18)

Udgivelsesdato: Aug 07, 1985

The expansion of Europe through navigation and trade including the empires of Spain and Portugal and the beginning of the British Empire. Shown in this episode is a brief sketch of the European relationship with Africa, concentrating on Dutch and British settlement in South Africa, and on the "factories" further north.