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  • 2017-09-15T23:00:00Z on National Geographic
  • 42m
  • 2h 6m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Before the world's oceans became the center of global trade, Chinese fleets sailed west to exchange goods. Professor Sam Willis explores the golden age of maritime trade.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-09-15T23:00:00Z

1x01 Treasure Fleets

Series Premiere

1x01 Treasure Fleets

  • 2017-09-15T23:00:00Z42m

Historian Sam Willis discovers how the greatest fleet of the medieval age made its journey.

2017-09-22T23:00:00Z

1x02 Spice Trail

1x02 Spice Trail

  • 2017-09-22T23:00:00Z42m

Sam Willis travels to India and Arabia to explore the history of exchange along the shipping routes.

Season Finale

2017-09-29T23:00:00Z

1x03 New Horizons

Season Finale

1x03 New Horizons

  • 2017-09-29T23:00:00Z42m

Sam Willis explores China's great treasure fleet that arrived in Africa; it heralded a new age.

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