Showing results for "Voyages" in History

I hate every wave of the ocean', the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle. It was this world-wide journey, however, that launched the scientists career.

You'll be awe-inspired by the heroic efforts of the crew of the Endurance, a ship that battled its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice while ironically only a day's sail from its destination.

Mutiny. Disease. Starvation. Cannibals. From the ancient wayfarers to modern astronauts, world explorers have blazed trails fraught with danger. Yet, as History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration vividly demonstrates, exploration continues to be one of humanity's deepest impulses. Across 24 lectures that unveil the process by which we came to know the far reaches of our planet, you'll witness the awe-inspiring and surprisingly interconnected tale of global exploration.

This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was...

Sara Daniel, a star European correspondent and one of the few women reporters covering Iraq, dares to venture where few have gone, in this gripping and fascinating memoir. In June of 2002, war looms and Saddam Hussein still has a brutal grip on a nation in disarray. Sara Daniel travels the length and breadth of Iraq, following the fast-evolving events and interviewing people from all walks of life and all religious and political affiliations: from the Kurds in the north to the rising new politicians in Baghdad and beyond....

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

Au-delà des Horizons : Voyages et Croisières vous emmène là où le voyage devient une expérience en soi. À travers des récits immersifs, des analyses d’itinéraires et des conseils d’expert, ce podcast explore l’univers des croisières, du luxe discret aux expéditions polaires, ainsi que les plus belles façons de découvrir le monde, sans friction et avec intention. Que vous rêviez d’un grand voyage ou que vous planifiiez votre prochaine escapade, chaque épisode vous rapproche un peu plus du départ. blogue.aeriavoyages.com

Beyond the Horizon is a travel podcast that explores cruises, destinations, and the real experience of discovering the world through immersive storytelling and expert insight. Each episode takes you deeper into how places truly work, from navigating iconic cities to understanding the details that transform a trip into something unforgettable, so you can travel smarter, explore with confidence, and experience more wherever the journey takes you. blog.aeriavoyages.com

Keshia "K.B." Green hosts Across Social Media Lines, a podcast that interviews people who have formed deeply meaningful relationships exclusively through social media. Guests run the gamut from years-long friends who meet in real life for the first time on the show, to a female gamer, to coworkers across continents for years. This podcast explores how social media doesn't have to isolate us, it can be a tool to build powerful personal relationships.

Peter Stormare (Fargo, Constantine) and Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, True Blood, Michael Clayton) star in this dramatic thriller audio drama, which imagines (based on real history) a relationship between Adolf Hitler and his reluctant personal psychotherapist, which turns deadly, as the two men meet when Hitler is just an unknown corporal and are surprisingly bound together during Hitler's rise to power... and his downfall, when Dr. Dromyrk becomes determined to destroy him.... Hippocratic Oath be damned. Adapted to podcast by Desmond Fosbery. Based on the novel "The Dromyrk File" by ...

This work covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. It is both a travel memoir and a scientific field journal of anthropological, biological, and geological interest. Darwin conveys his fascination with the natural world in an engaging writing style.

Join host Griffin Rowe as he navigates Captain James Cook's legendary Pacific voyages, where European ambition to map the unknown met thriving Indigenous worlds. Explore first contact, scientific discovery, and exploration's complex legacy shaping our understanding of the Pacific today. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Join Griffin Rowe aboard HMS Beagle as he retraces Charles Darwin's transformative five-year journey from aspiring clergyman to revolutionary scientist. Through earthquakes, giant fossils, and island finches, discover how one voyage reshaped humanity's understanding of life itself. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Lucie Azema livre un témoignage rare et précieux sur le quotidien en Iran, ses luttes, espoirs et traditions – loin des clichés et des regards occidentaux. Grâce à son expérience de vie à Téhéran, elle éclaire la richesse, la complexité et les paradoxes d’un pays souvent...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 … 'GENIUS' A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the SPECTATOR, MAIL ON SUNDAY, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESS and THE TABLET. From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning...

Host Jack Maddox examines Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition—six men on a primitive balsa raft crossing 4,300 miles of Pacific Ocean. Explore physical dangers, ancient engineering, and the controversial theory behind this legendary voyage that defied expert predictions. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Join host Griffin Rowe as he uncovers Admiral Zheng He's incredible treasure fleets—massive armadas that dominated the Indian Ocean decades before Columbus. Discover how Ming China built the world's most powerful navy, then mysteriously dismantled it, changing global history forever. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States - a journey that transformed more than 70 Africans into commodities, condemning some to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this engaging narrative, Sean Kelley painstakingly reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, detailing everything from the identities of the captain and crew to their wild encounters with inclement weather, slave traders, and near-mutiny.

In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel in Marseilles to face an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. They came from displaced persons camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labour camps in Hungary, gulags in Siberia and stony Aegean islands. There were those who had been hunted by the Nazis and those who had welcomed them; those who had followed the Communists and those who had fled them.

In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel in Marseilles to face an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. They came from displaced persons camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labour camps in Hungary, gulags in Siberia, and stony Agean islands. There were those who had been hunted by the Nazis and those who had welcomed them; those who had followed the Communists and those who had fled them.