My endgame. Most astonishing was the fact that a message told me the
barbarians discovered something (bronze working)!

Concerning things within my reach, I pursued the idea of reaching AC asap, not bothering for score, not building a big spaceship and just do some more wonders (and celebrations) after launch.
1020 Laser->Tactics(1888); get WC from America to allow Mach tools next; silver(d) to London 210
1040 Melbourne silk(d)>London 924g; beads(d)>Boston 142, this is really poor, 26 for unblocking
1060 Tactics->Mach Tools; 310 for oil to Melbourne
1080 Gems(d) > Washington 824g, Nantucket founded
1100 Mach. Tools->Adv. Flight; 310 for cloth(u)>London
1120 Adv. Fl.->Mini(2046); silk 912, oil 132
1140 Mini->Computers; Cuba founded, rush airport there so Melbourne gems can be delivered to Tenochtitlan
1160 another silk to London 912
1180 Comp.->Recycling; 217, 720
1200 Barely missed tech despite science lab in Melbourne
1220 Recycling->Rocket; oil Reyk>Melbourne 1330
(Perth lost to Barbs! Several vans are gone as well...)
1240 Rocket->Space; Perth bribed back for 52; Madagascar founded, 894
1260 Space->Plastics(2345); rush Apollo
(Mongols develop Communism)
1280 Apollo built; 657 oil Cuba>Melb.,322
1300 Plastics->Commy; 5 structures built; hail Mongols, pay 100g for peace, get communism
1320 Research Superconductor; Spaceship 11-1-0-0-0-0; 966
1340 Supercond.->Fusion; ship @ 14-2-1-0-0-0, 938, won't reach Fusion next turn
1360 ship @ 14-2-2-1-1-0
1380 Fusion->Espionage; spaceship @ 15-3-3-1-1-1 and lift off! Scheduled to land in 1395
1383 Esp.->FT1; 1140 for silk(d) Melb.>Reyk.
1385 FT1->FT2; UN built, bribe Zulu Ngome for 122(27), rename to San Juan, gift some techs to Mongols to get them worhipful again
1386 942 for London silk
1387 FT2->Genetic eng.
1389 Celebrations started, Genetic->FT3, 738, 396
1390 Cure for Cancer
(Barbs take London and destroy England)
1391 FT3->FT4; 200g from hut in south america; 966, 195, 125
1392 FT4->Guerilla; 882, 248;
(Barbs develop Bronze-Working??!!)
1394 Hoover Dam & Great Wall built; 2nd initial settler founds Outback
1395 Alpha Centauri