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The Explorers Podcast is about the greatest explorers and explorations in history.
On the Explorers Podcast, the explorers we cover include Ernest Shackleton, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook, Adrien de Gerlache, John McDouall Stuart, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Matt Rutherford, Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, James Cook, Abel Tasman, Alice Morrison, Fridtjof Nansen, Yuri Gagarin, Jacques Cartier, Richard Francis Burton, Teddy Roosevelt, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, James Beckwourth, Alvise Cadamosto, Henry the Navigator, Andres de Urdaneta, Edmund Hillar, Tenzing Norgay, George Mallory, Marco Polo, Xu Fu, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Burke and Wills Expedition, Robert O'Hara Burke, William Wills, Hanno the Navigator, Lewis and Clark, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Hernan Cortes, John Franklin, Lost Franklin Expedition, Francis Drake, Diogo Cao, Pytheas, Nellie Bly, Christopher Columbus, Panfilo de Narvaez, Bartolomeu Dias, Mungo Park, John Cabot, Erik the Red, Leif Erikson, Zebulon Pike, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, and Zheng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleet, Neil Armstrong, Aztec Empire, Moctezuma, Montezuma, Robert Falcon Scott, Tom Creen, Frank Wild, Cândido Rondon, Brendan the Navigator, and Vladimir Atlasov.
We also cover a variety of subjects and events and travel to many places. Topics include the Far East, the River of Doubt, the Manila Galleons, Mount Everest, the Moon Landing, Apollo 11, the circumnavigation of the world, the source of the Nile, the New World, Vinland, the Niger River, Timbuktu, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn, Antarctica, the Arctic, the Northwest Passage, the North Pole, the South Pole, the Congo River, the Chinese Treasure Fleet, the Corps of Discovery, Tenochtitlán, Japan, China, the Silk Road, the Spice Islands, the Moluccas, the Caravel, Mecca, Medina, Lake Tanganyika, Sputnik, Tasmania, Australia, Siberia, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, the Seven Cities of Gold, and much, much more.
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Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 6 - the second voyage of the Astrolabe: the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia
d'Urville and his two ships sail from South America to Polynesia. On the agenda for this episode is Tahiti, Guam, Tonga, the Philippines, Batavia, New Guinea, Singapore, and Australia. Despite illnesses depleting the ranks of the expedition, the Astrolabe and the Zelee will finish up in Tasmania as they prepare for another voyage to Antarctica.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
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Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 5 - the second voyage of the Astrolabe: Antarctica
In part 5 of our series, d'Urville leads two ships - including the Astrolabe - on a circumnavigation of the world. The first stops on the agenda are the Strait of Magellan and Antarctica.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 4 - the first voyage of the Astrolabe (continued)
In part four of our series, d'Urville takes the Astrolabe through islands of the Pacific, and goes in search of the lost expedition of Jean François de Galaup Lapérouse. On his return to France, he will play a small role in the Revolution of 1830.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 3 - the first voyage of the Astrolabe
Jules Dumont d'Urville returns to the South Pacific about the Astrolabe. In this episode, we explore Australia, New Zealand and the Tongan Islands. The ship will - multiple times - find itself stuck on reefs. The episode will end with d'Urville bombarding the Tongans after seize numerous hostages in hope of obtaining French weapons, supplies and military expertise.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 2 - Coquille Expedition
In 1822, d'Urville set off on his first epic voyage - a three year expedition around the world as the 2nd-in-command of the Coquille. The voyage will take him to the Falkland Islands, South America, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand and more.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Jules Dumont d’Urville – Part 1 – Early life and the Venus de Milo
In part 1 of our series, we look at d’Urville’s early life, including his journey into the French Navy during the Napoleonic era. We then look at his first scientific expedition about the Chevrette – which will include a journey to the Greek island of Milos. There, d’Urville will play a key part in the acquisition of the famed Venus de Milo for France.
Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/
Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/
The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Customer Reviews
Treatment of Europeans and Natives.
Matt, your episode about the Aztecs and Cortez really stuck out to me. In it, you mentioned that Cortez had made the discovery that it was part of Aztec culture to enslave their captives, sacrifice them at their temples and even eat them, and that Cortez found this to be abhorrent. In fact, they had already done just this to a few Spaniards they had discovered before Cortez arrived. You went on to almost defend their actions by explaining it was part of their religious belief structure; that they believed without such rituals, they might lose in battle or their crops might not grow.
So many sources of history these days treat Native people with kid gloves in this way, but have no problem chastising the Europeans for crimes against humanity; when their actions were guided by the very same things as the Aztecs; their culture and their religion. An example of this lack of insight is the fact that many Native people in North and South America were slave holders; they captured their enemies and made them slaves. That story is very prevalent throughout the tribes that were reached in the New World. But these tribes are hardly ever categorized as slave holders in any modern day history classes. I read an entire article in Texas Highways magazine about the adventures of Alvar De Vaca, and the author never mentioned that the tribe who so graciously rescued him from starvation also held him as a slave for years until he finally escaped. I even heard of a case where a Civil War General statue was torn down because his memory stood for slavery and it was replaced by a statue of a Native American. What sense of justice does that make when you know that the Native tribes held slaves for centuries and right up until the 1800’s, just like the General’s ancestors did?
I think you do a great job of avoiding the pitfalls of Presentism, I know it is like walking a tightrope. Keep soldiering on,
Steve from Marble Falls, TX
Great podcast
This podcast brings to life the stories of these historic explorers. I listen while on my run and escape into their world. Thank you for this experience !
One of my favorite podcasts
I look forward to an episode every week. Fantastic host and compelling storytelling. When I run out of new episodes to listen to, I just re-listen to older ones — this is the only podcast I do this with.
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