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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820): North American Buckskin Map

North American buckskin map

North American Buckskin Map

Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

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Neil MacGregor with a buckskin map from North America

Neil MacGregor's history of the world is exploring European engagement with the rest of the world in the 18th century. Today, he is with a buckskin map from North America.

The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is once again in North America. This week, Neil MacGregor, the museum's director, is looking at Europe's engagement with the rest of the world in the 18th century. 

Today he tells the story of a map, roughly drawn on deerskin that was used as the colonists negotiated for land in the area between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi. It was probably drawn up by a Native American around 1774. Neil looks at how the French and the British were in conflict in the region, and examines the different attitudes to land and living between Europeans and Native Americans. Martin Lewis, an expert on maps from this region, and the historian David Edmunds describe the map and the clash of cultures that was played out within its boundaries. 

Producer: Anthony Denselow

A History of the World in 100 Objects: Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Neil MacGregor on the misunderstandings that can happen when different worlds collide.

Neil MacGregor goes back to the 18th century to look at the Age of the European Enlightenment, through five objects from different cultures around the world.

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