Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery - Part 2

In the final episode of the Henry Hudson saga, Hudson goes looking for the Northwest Passage - and discovers Hudson Bay in the process. However, disgruntled crew will mutiny - making the ending of Hud...

18 Sep 202441min

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

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

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

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

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 Juli 202429min

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 Juli 202440min

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 Juli 202445min