the 17th century of Europe

By the 17th century, the rulers of Europe had started using fireworks as a way of marking royal occasions.

到了17世纪，欧洲的统治者们开始用烟花来纪念皇室的重要时刻。

This very fact embodied the new ways of thinking that swept through Europe during most of the 17th century.

这一事实体现了在17世纪的大部分时间里风靡欧洲的新思维方式。

In those forests of China we have surviving species like gingko, the maidenhair tree which has been in cultivation in Europe and North America since the 17th century.

在中国的森林里我们可以找到银杏和孔雀草，它们从17世纪开始就在欧洲和北美被种植。