The Explorers Podcast

By: Matt Breen
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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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  • Explorers Podcast Trailer

    Explorers Podcast Trailer
    Sep 27 2024
    Come check out the Explorers Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
  • Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu - Part 1

    Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu - Part 1
    Sep 23 2024
    In part 1 of our series, we look at the Inca Empire, and the cities that would - in time - become 'lost' to the world. We then meet Hiram Bingham III - the man who will one day become the scientific 'discover' of Machu Picchu. We then take him on his first two expeditions to South America, including his documentation of the Choquequirao. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Sponsor Note: go to http://incogni.com/explorers and use promo code EXPLORERS to get an exclusive 60% off an annual plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Henry Hudson - Part 3 - the Northwest Passage

    Henry Hudson - Part 3 - the Northwest Passage
    Sep 18 2024
    In the final episode of the Henry Hudson saga, Hudson goes looking for the Northwest Passage - and discovers Hudson Bay in the process. However, disgruntled crew will mutiny - making the ending of Hudson - and six other - a mystery that has never been solved. In the final episode of the Henry Hudson saga, Hudson goes looking for the Northwest Passage - and discovers Hudson Bay in the process. However, the disgruntled crew - eager to abandon the search - will mutiny - making the ending of Hudson - and six others - a mystery that has never been solved. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Sponsor Note: go to http://incogni.com/explorers and use promo code EXPLORERS to get an exclusive 60% off an annual plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
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