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Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)

Jade bi

Neil MacGregor with an object from the 18th-century Chinese Enlightenment - a jade disc

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle

Neil MacGregor with a chronometer that accompanied Darwin to South America.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Early Victorian tea set

Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Hokusai's The Great Wave

Neil MacGregor with a familiar image - Hokusai's The Great Wave.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Sudanese slit drum

Neil MacGregor with a wooden drum from Sudan that Kitchener presented to Queen Victoria.

• 14 mins

Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)

Suffragette-defaced penny

Neil MacGregor with a penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women".

• 14 mins