London's Triumph Royal Observatory The giant installation contained thousands

The giant installation contained thousands of LED lights that showed multiple illuminations of three words that ultimately spelt out NO NEW WORLDS

Throughout the 17th century

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London's Triumph Royal Observatory The giant installation contained thousandsStephen Alford's evocative, original and fascinating new book brings to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks and sailors who changed London forever. Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary