Marco's father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, visit Kublai Khan and prepare for another journey east

Brazza returns to Africa as an administrator - and investigator

Brazza returns to Africa where he will establish an outpost on the great Congo River

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza conducts his first expedition up the Ogowe River

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the Exploration of Central Africa

Chinese explorer and alchemist Xu Fu goes searching for the elixir of life.

The fate of John King is reveals, and the legacy of the VEE is discussed

Burke makes the risky decision to try and cut across country to Mount Hopeless

Robert Burke has crossed Australia, and now must make the return journey across the continent.

Robert Burke leads a small contingent of men into the outback of Australia in an attempt to reach reach the north coast

Burke and Wills trek from Menindee to Cooper's Creek - then prepare to strike out for the north coast of Australia

The Victorian Exploring Expedition travels from Melbourne to the frontier outpost of Menindee on the Darling River.

The Exploration Committee and Robert Burke hire men and outfit the expedition for its epic journey across Australia

The first episode in the Burke and Wills Expedition series provides some background to the endeavor, and introduces the Royal Society of Victoria and Robert Burke

Hanno the Navigator of Carthage and the exploration of the west coast of Africa

Cossack Vladimir Atlasov explores the Kamchatka Peninsula in the late 1690s - claiming it for the Russian Empire

In part 8, we wrap up the series on Cortés and the conquest of the Aztec Empire

The siege of Tenochtitlan

In the wake of his defeat at Tenochtitlan, Cortés must fend off the Aztecs, and the plot his revenge

Hernán Cortés must deal with threats from the recently arrived Panfilo de Narvaez, and an uprising in Tenochtitlan.

Cortés comes face-to-face with the Emperor Montezuma

Cortés and his army march west in their quest to reach the capital of the Aztec empire

Cortés finds allies and establishes the first settlement in New Spain while coming into contact with the mysterious Aztec Empire

Hernán Cortés leads an army to Mexico to seek out the mighty empire to the west

The Franklin Expedition disappears in the Canadian Arctic while trying to find the Northwest Passage