[386] Pre-Industrial Trade Routes, 2016

[386-2] Pre-Industrial Trade Routes, 2016

From famous, widely used routes such as the Silk Road, to the lesser known Siberian river-ways, trade routes have existed on earth since before the dawn of exploration. In its second iteration, thin lines show naval routes, while thick lines display overland trade tracks:

從眾所皆知的絲路到鮮為人知的西伯利亞河道，這些商隊曾走過的通道都蘊含著悠久的歷史。細線所標示的是海路航線，粗線標示的是在蒸汽火車發明之前所走的路線，而隨著蒸汽火車的發明，貿易和旅行的方式也從1769年起開始產生革命性的改變。