16至18世纪西欧东扩论

On the Eastward Expansion of West Europe during the 16^(th) Century to the 18^(th) Century

"地理大发现"后,从16世纪开始世界市场逐渐形成,全球经济一体化日益加深,欧亚大西洋—印度洋新航路的开通,扩大了东西方的物资和金融交流,从而促进欧亚经济的发展。

After the 'great geographical discovery', the world market had been shaping up gradually and the global economic integration had been deepened day by day since the 16^(th) century. The opening of the European-Asian channel running through the Atlantic ocean and India ocean enlarged the extend of exchange of material and finance between the orient and the occident, and promoted the economic development of Europe and Asia.