• 1817 with Luke Chilton - General José de San Martín crosses the Andes, the Dandy Horse, Florida Seminole Wars, English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker

  • Jul 5 2023
  • Length: 58 mins
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1817 with Luke Chilton - General José de San Martín crosses the Andes, the Dandy Horse, Florida Seminole Wars, English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker

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  • Our very funny friend and honorary Super Genius, Luke Chilton joins Bobby for a deep historical dive of the year 1817 whilst Red is on holiday. An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. German inventor Karl Drais drives his dandy horse ("Draisine" or Laufmaschine), the earliest form of bicycle, in Mannheim. The first Seminole War begins in Florida. The first cholera pandemicoriginates in Bengal, reaching Calcutta by September. Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and Alexander Wood (physician), Scottish inventor of the first true hypodermic syringe are both born. Also Luke is recovering from a sensitive and sore neck after a martial arts fight. 


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