Peter Easton: The Privateer Who Blockaded Bristol, Then Became a Marquis
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Peter Easton, possibly born to a London family around 1570, was a privateer for Elizabeth I by 1...
27 Okt 22min
Charles Vane: The Pirate Who Torched His Flagship, Then Was Voted Out
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Vane's origins are unknown beyond time spent in Port Royal, Jamaica. He first appears ra...
27 Okt 23min
Zheng Yi Sao: The Pirate Leader Who Walked Into Guangzhou to Negotiate
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Zheng Yi Sao was born Shi Yang around 1775 in Guangdong, likely among the Tanka boat people, a m...
27 Okt 23min
Rachel Wall: Isles of Shoals Shipwreck Decoy Hanged in Boston Over a Bonnet
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Rachel Wall was born Rachel Schmidt around 1760 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to a strict Presbyter...
27 Okt 19min
William Henry Jackson: Snowmelt, Glass Plates and Proof of Yellowstone
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Henry Jackson was born in 1843 in Keeseville, New York, and learned painting from his mo...
27 Okt 20min
Black Caesar: A Pirate Alias Passed to a Bushranger and a James Brown Film
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode traces the name Black Caesar as an outlaw title passed between people rather than a...
27 Okt 17min
Hiram Bingham III: Machu Picchu, 40,000 Artifacts and a One-Day Governor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hiram Bingham III was born in Honolulu in 1875, the son and grandson of Protestant missionaries ...
27 Okt 23min
Otto Kahn: The Would-Be Musician Who Reorganized America's Railroads
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Otto Hermann Kahn was born in 1867 in Mannheim, Germany, the third son among eight children of B...
27 Okt 21min
