World Trading Empires 1770

Caption

World Trading Empires c. 1770

Summary

This top view of the globe shows the European empires and their trade networks in 1770.

===Inset===
Caption: European World Trade 1500

This map indicates the global maritime trade routes of 1500.

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 115)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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Openness to Trade 1980
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