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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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The World of 1607 educational radio series was produced to coincide with a one-year special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement entitled The World of 1607, which places the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focuses on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The exhibition is divided into four distinct cycles, each displaying artifacts from national institutions and eminent private collections around the world. Each exhibit cycle features key themes that provide a historical overview of the events and peoples of the world during the 17th century, which are paralleled in the one-minute radio segments.
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The Age of Expansion
Lead: According to the curator of Jamestown Settlement, Dr. Tom Davidson, revolutionary changes in shipbuilding and navigation allowed 17th century societies to connect by way the Oceans.
"The Age of Expansion is a European concept. Europe was the engine that was driving the increased globalization of the planet"
Intro: I'm Steve Clark with "The World of 1607", Jamestown in a global context. Sponsored by Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Content: Dr. Davidson says that by the start of the 17th century, there were few inhabited areas accessible by sea that European travelers had not explored.
"The Age of Expansion was the period between the 15th and 17th centuries when European nations ventured all over the world and established ties with cultures on all continents".
New trade relationships were establis...
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Timing and Cues
All segments in the series are 60 seconds in length and have the standard outcue:
"To learn more visit Jamestown Settlement or historyisfun.org"
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Lady Hunsdons Puffe | Desmond Dupree | Elizabethan and Jacobean Music. | Vanguard Classics | 1996 | 01:00 |
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