Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange explores the history of key commodities that changed the world. These commodities have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They transformed societies, global trading operations and habits of consumption, giving rise to new consumer desires and aspirations.
Chocolate | Fur | Porcelain | Sugar | Tobacco |
Coffee | Oil | Silver & Gold | Tea | Wheat |
Cotton | Opium | Spices | Timber | Wine & Spirits |
Provider: Adam Matthew
Coverage: 18th – 20th c.
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