Henry Hudson - Part 2 - The Voyage of the Half Moon
In this episode, Henry Hudson accepts a job with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to find a route to Asia over Russia - aka the Northeast Passage. Thwarted, he heads west - to the New World - and he...
3 Sep 202445min
Henry Hudson - Part 1 - the Northeast Passage
British explorer Henry Hudson goes searching for a new route to Asia. His first attempt it to go north - to the North Pole and over the top of the world. When that doesn't work, he goes east - over Ru...
26 Aug 202429min
René Caillié and the Quest for Timbuktu - Part 3
In the final part of our series, Caillié has reached Timbuktu - but what will he find? Will it be the city of gold as described by earlier visitors? And now that he had reached his destination - he ne...
19 Aug 202437min
René Caillié and the Quest for Timbuktu - Part 2
Caillié begins his audacious trek to reach the legendary city of Timbuktu. Disguised as an Arab trying to reach his home in the Middle, he will travel with various caravans into the heart of West Afri...
5 Aug 202432min
René Caillié and the Quest for Timbuktu - Part 1
In 1827, French explorer René Caillié set out to become the first European to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu - and return alive. In the first part of our story, we learn about the history of Timbuk...
30 Jul 202429min
Daniel Boone - Part 5 - Missouri and final years
In the final part of our series on American frontiersman Daniel Boone, we take him through his final years in Kentucky - where he was a surveyor, innkeeper and many other things. But the largest part ...
16 Jul 202440min
Daniel Boone - Part 4 - Frontier Wars
Part 4 of our series takes through the frontier wars that took place during the American Revolution from 1778-1783. This will include the Siege of Boonesborough and the disastrous Battle of Blue Licks...
9 Jul 202445min
Daniel Boone - Part 3 - The American Revolution
In part 3 of our series, Daniel Boone and the settlers of Kentucky struggle to survive in the early years of the American Revolution. Boonesborough will withstand many attacks. Also, Boone's own daugh...
24 Jun 202437min
