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1800 CE – 2026 CE

Trade routes of the modern era

14 trade routes whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 5

Atlantic Triangular Trade 1600 CE – 1850 CE Trans-Atlantic Shipping 1800 CE Tea Clipper Route 1850 CE – 1880 CE Cape of Good Hope Route 1869 CE Suez Canal Route 1869 CE

Middle East · 1

Suez–East Asia Shipping Lane 1869 CE

East Asia · 4

Tea Horse Road 700 CE – 1950 CE Manila Galleon Trade 1565 CE – 1815 CE Trans-Pacific Route 1850 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) 2011 CE

Africa · 1

Atlantic Middle Passage 1600 CE – 1850 CE

Americas · 2

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco) 1600 CE – 1850 CE Panama Canal Route 1914 CE

Elsewhere · 1

Manila Galleon Return Route 1565 CE – 1815 CE