The Explorers Podcast
Matt Breen
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.
Categories: Education
Listen to the last episode:
d'Urville and his two ships sail from South America to Polynesia. On the agenda for this episode is Tahiti, Guam, Tonga, the Philippines, Batavia, New Guinea, Singapore, and Australia. Despite illnesses depleting the ranks of the expedition, the Astrolabe and the Zelee will finish up in Tasmania as they prepare for another voyage to Antarctica. Daring French Explorations Giveaway: https://explorerspodcast.com/daringfrenchexplorations/ Daring French Explorations by Hubert Sagnières on Instagrams (see amazing photos from this expedition and others): https://www.instagram.com/frenchexplorations/ 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous episodes
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186 - Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 6 - the second voyage of the Astrolabe: the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia Mon, 22 Apr 2024
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185 - Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 5 - the second voyage of the Astrolabe: Antarctica Mon, 08 Apr 2024
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184 - Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 4 - the first voyage of the Astrolabe (continued) Mon, 01 Apr 2024
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183 - Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 3 - the first voyage of the Astrolabe Mon, 18 Mar 2024
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182 - Jules Dumont d'Urville - Part 2 - Coquille Expedition Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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181 - Jules Dumont d’Urville – Part 1 – Early life and the Venus de Milo Mon, 04 Mar 2024
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180 - Freya Stark - Part 6 - WWII and later years Mon, 26 Feb 2024
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179 - Freya Stark - Part 5 - Yemen Mon, 19 Feb 2024
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178 - Freya Stark - Part 4 - Treasure Hunting in Luristan Mon, 12 Feb 2024
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177 - Freya Stark - Part 3 - The Lost Assassin Fortress and Solomon's Throne Mon, 05 Feb 2024
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176 - Freya Stark - Part 2 - The Valley of the Assassins Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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175 - Freya Stark - Part 1 - Early life and the lands of the Druze Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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174 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 6 - Legacy Tue, 02 Jan 2024
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173 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 5 - Russia Wed, 27 Dec 2023
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172 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 4 - Mexico and the United States Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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171 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 3 - The Andes Mountains Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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170 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 2 - The Orinoco Expedition Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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169 - Alexander von Humboldt - Part 1 Tue, 07 Nov 2023
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168 - The Opening of Japan Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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167 - Belgica Expedition - Interview with Author Julian Sancton Mon, 09 Oct 2023
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166 - Belgica Expedition - Part 5 Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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165 - Belgica Expedition - Part 4 Mon, 18 Sep 2023
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164 - Belgica Expedition - Part 3 Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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163 - Belgica Expedition - Part 2 Mon, 28 Aug 2023
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162 - Belgica Expedition - Part 1 Wed, 16 Aug 2023
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161 - Welcome to the Explorers Podcast Mon, 14 Aug 2023
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160 - Ibn Battuta - Part 7 - Mali Wed, 09 Aug 2023
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159 - Ibn Battuta - Part 6 - China Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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158 - Ibn Battuta - Part 5 - India Mon, 17 Jul 2023
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157 - Ibn Battuta - Part 4 - Anatolia and the Golden Horde Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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156 - Ibn Battuta - Part 3 - East Africa and Arabia Mon, 19 Jun 2023
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155 - Ibn Battuta - Part 2 - Iraq and Persia Mon, 05 Jun 2023
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154 - Ibn Battuta - Part 1 - Mecca Fri, 26 May 2023
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153 - John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 4 Sun, 14 May 2023
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152 - John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 3 Mon, 01 May 2023
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151 - John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 2 Mon, 24 Apr 2023
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150 - John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 1 Mon, 10 Apr 2023
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149 - Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold - Part 2 Mon, 27 Mar 2023
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148 - Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold - Part 1 Sun, 19 Mar 2023
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147 - Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 3 - Interview Wed, 01 Mar 2023
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146 - Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 2 Mon, 13 Feb 2023
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145 - Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 1 Mon, 06 Feb 2023
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144 - Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet and the search for the Mississippi River - Part 2 Mon, 16 Jan 2023
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143 - Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet and the search for the Mississippi River - Part 1 Mon, 09 Jan 2023
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142 - James Cook - Part 10 - Third Voyage: The Death of James Cook Mon, 02 Jan 2023
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141 - James Cook - Part 9 - Third Voyage: Search for the Northwest Passage Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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140 - James Cook - Part 8 - Third Voyage: Return to Polynesia Tue, 06 Dec 2022
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139 - James Cook - Part 7 - Second Voyage: South Seas and the Southern Atlantic Mon, 21 Nov 2022
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138 - James Cook - Part 6 - Second Voyage: Terra Australis Mon, 14 Nov 2022
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137 - James Cook - Part 5 - First Voyage: Around the World Mon, 07 Nov 2022