The Explorers Podcast

The Explorers Podcast is about the greatest explorers and explorations in history.

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Amerigo Vespucci - Part 2
We talk about Vespucci's third voyage to the New World and discuss how his name became attached to two continents.
28 min
52
Amerigo Vespucci - Part 1
We look at the younger years of Vespucci and his first two voyages
33 min
53
Estêvão Cacella and João Cabral and the First E...
Two Jesuit missionaries would become the first Europeans to explore the Himalayas
32 min
54
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 7 - the second vo...
d'Urville returns to Antarctica - and then Europe; plus a look at the man's legacy
37 min
55
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 6 - the second vo...
d'Urville heads across the Pacific for more exploring
34 min
56
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 5 - the second vo...
d'Urville heads off on another round the world voyage
37 min
57
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 4 - the first voy...
The first voyage of the Astrolabe continues
36 min
58
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 3 - the first voy...
Jules Dumont d'Urville heads back for to the South Pacific
36 min
59
Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 2 - Coquille Expe...
d'Urville goes off around the world as 2nd in command of the Coquille
37 min
60
Jules Dumont d’Urville – Part 1 – Early life an...
We look at the early life of French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville
33 min
61
Freya Stark - Part 6 - WWII and later years
We look at Stark's work in WWII, plus her later years and legacy
27 min
62
Freya Stark - Part 5 - Yemen
Freya Stark goes searching for lost cities and the old incense route of the Arabian Peninsula.
43 min
63
Freya Stark - Part 4 - Treasure Hunting in Lur...
Freya Stark goes searching for relics and treasure in Luristan
33 min
64
Freya Stark - Part 3 - The Lost Assassin Fortre...
Freya Stark goes searching for the Lost Assassin Fortress of Lambsar
29 min
65
Freya Stark - Part 2 - The Valley of the Assassins
Freya Stark goes searching for the legendary Valley of the Assassins
30 min
66
Freya Stark - Part 1 - Early life and the land...
Early life of Freya Stark and her first adventure into the lands of the Druze
37 min
67
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 6 - Legacy
We discuss the remainder of Humboldt's life - and his legacy
32 min
68
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 5 - Russia
Humboldt explorers Russia, including the Ural Mountains
26 min
69
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 4 - Mexico and th...
Humboldt does a deep dive into New Spain - aka Mexico - and visits the United States
33 min
70
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 3 - The Andes Mou...
Humboldt explorers the Andes
28 min
71
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 2 - The Orinoco E...
Humboldt goes up the Orinoco River in search of link between that river and the Amazon
33 min
72
Alexander von Humboldt - Part 1
The early years of Alexander von Humboldt
31 min
73
The Opening of Japan
Storms take Portuguese traders to Japan - opening up the island to the west for the first time
17 min
74
Belgica Expedition - Interview with Author Juli...
Author Julian Sancton, who wrote the book Madhouse at the End of the Earth talks with us about the expedition
58 min
75
Belgica Expedition - Part 5
The Belgica tried to break out of the Antarctic ice pack
50 min