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They found a way to share
the cost of sending out ships to bring home
the goodies. They set up a way
you could register how much land you had,
get a mortgage on it, and then go to one of the new
coffee houses in London, and buy yourself
a pice of the action. And, to handle the money,
the bank of England; That started literally,
over a cup of coffee. In these places,
you could trade anything from ships, to girls,
to land in America
the cost of sending out ships to bring home
the goodies. They set up a way
you could register how much land you had,
get a mortgage on it, and then go to one of the new
coffee houses in London, and buy yourself
a pice of the action. And, to handle the money,
the bank of England; That started literally,
over a cup of coffee. In these places,
you could trade anything from ships, to girls,
to land in America
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They found a way to share
the cost of sending out ships
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to bring home
the goodies.
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They set up a way
you could register
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how much land you had,
get a mortgage on it,
00:00:08.956 --> 00:00:11.485
and then go to one of the new
coffee houses in London,
00:00:11.485 --> 00:00:13.129
and buy yourself
a pice of the action.
00:00:13.438 --> 00:00:15.909
And, to handle the money,
the bank of England;
00:00:16.483 --> 00:00:18.763
That started literally,
over a cup of coffee.
00:00:19.358 --> 00:00:21.453
In these places,
you could trade anything
00:00:21.453 --> 00:00:24.222
from ships, to girls,
to land in America.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
