Ibn Battuta - Part 5 - India
Ibn Battuta comes to India and gets a job! Now he has to navigate the world of the Sultanate of Delhi - and the unpredictable (and that's being polite) sultan. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Air...
17 Juli 202339min
Ibn Battuta - Part 4 - Anatolia and the Golden Horde
Ibn Battuta heads to India - the long way. This time he travels north to Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), and then ventures into the realm of the Golden Horde - aka the Kipchak Khanate. We can also throw...
29 Juni 202334min
Ibn Battuta - Part 3 - East Africa and Arabia
Ibn Battuta sets off for East Africa - including the colonies of Mogadishu, Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kilwa. After that, it's back to the Arabian Peninsula, including Oman and Hormuz. The Explorers Podcas...
19 Juni 202328min
Ibn Battuta - Part 2 - Iraq and Persia
In the 14th century, Moroccan-Berber traveler Ibn Battuta crosses the Arabian desert, visits the great cities of western Persia, and explores the Mesopotamian region and the legendary city of Baghdad....
5 Juni 202326min
Ibn Battuta - Part 1 - Mecca
The early life of Ibn Battuta is covered in the first episode of our series - plus our explorer's first major journey - a trek to Mecca in 1325-26. It is the start to one of the great stories in the h...
26 Maj 202333min
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 4
This is the final episode in our series on John McDouall Stuart. In part 4, Stuart makes one final stab at crossing the Australian continent, and blazing a route for the telegraph line. The Explorers...
14 Maj 202336min
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 3
In part four of our series, we follow Stuart on his fifth expedition to try and cross Australia. We also discuss the fate of Robert O'Hara Burke the the Victorian Exploring Exploration - aka the Burke...
1 Maj 202329min
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 2
Stuart conducts three expeditions into the Australian interior - including an attempt to reach the continent's center - and the north coast. Also, the Victorian Exploring Expedition (VEE) led by Rober...
24 Apr 202340min
