A History of the World in 100 Objects: The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)

Neil MacGregor introduces five items that trace the impact of travel, trade and conquest from 1450 to 1600. Featuring a German mechanical galleon, a plaque from Benin, an Aztec statue of a double-headed serpent, a pair of Japanese porcelain figures of elephants and Spanish silver coins found in Bolivia