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New Heavens, New Earth: 1: Cathay and the Way Thither

on BBC Two England

Ten programmes about Europe's discovery of the outside world

What did Europeans know about the world outside Europe in 1400, and where did their information come from?
What people thought about the world outside Europe and what they found when they actually got there were two very different things. This series is about the effect that this discovery had both on Europeans and the people they found.

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Director:
Bryn Brooks
Producer:
Howard Smith

BBC Two England

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