Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter V part 2b - Missionaries and settlers. Merchants and tourists.
In which the intrepid voyages of early explorers like Quiros and Torrès reveal the distant isles and coasts of Oceania and New Guinea, their encounters coloured by the beauty, customs, and complexitie...
27 Sep 30min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter V part 2a - Missionaries and settlers. Merchants and tourists.
In which the intrepid navigators Lemaire and Schouten chart new passages among the Moluccas and the distant islands of Oceania, facing both discovery and the unexpected consequences of their voyage. M...
27 Sep 23min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter V part 1 - Missionaries and settlers. Merchants and tourists.
In which the seventeenth century unfolds as a time of apostolic fervour and gradual deepening of geographical knowledge, with missionaries taking up the mantle of discovery to dwell among distant peop...
26 Sep 14min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter IV part 2 - Voyages of adventure and privateering warfare.
In which the daring voyages of late sixteenth-century Dutch and English navigators are chronicled with keen attention to their hardships, battles, and discoveries along the coasts of Africa, South Ame...
26 Sep 23min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter III part 2b - The polar expedition and the search for the north-west passage.
In which a daring band of Dutch explorers, led by the intrepid Barentz, embark upon a perilous voyage to discover a northern passage, only to be beset by the unyielding ice and harsh polar winter in t...
25 Sep 38min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter IV part 1 - Voyages of adventure and privateering warfare.
In which the intrepid Francis Drake rises from humble beginnings to command daring voyages along the coasts of the Americas and the Pacific, engaging in fierce encounters, navigation through treachero...
25 Sep 24min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter III part 1b - The polar expedition and the search for the north-west passage.
In which the intrepid voyages and maritime ventures of John and Sebastian Cabot are recounted with attentive detail, revealing their aspirations to chart new lands and establish trade routes amidst th...
24 Sep 28min
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Vol 1 Second Part Chapter III part 2a - The polar expedition and the search for the north-west passage.
In which we follow the intrepid voyages of early European explorers like Verrazzano and Cartier, who navigate uncharted coasts and encounter indigenous peoples with curiosity and tentative trade, all ...
24 Sep 37min
