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Back to SearchGiovanni da Verrazzano and the Exploration of the Atlantic Coast
Season 1 Episode 10
With the English looking for a northwest passage and the Spanish pressing in to Florida and up the Atlantic Coast, the French get in to the explorati…
5 years, 6 months ago
Juan Ponce de Leon and the (Official) Discovery of Florida
Season 1 Episode 9
We now hasten to the first European exploration of the lands now constituting the United States, and that means the first sanctioned expedition to Fl…
5 years, 6 months ago
Introduction to the Columbian Exchange
Season 1 Episode 8
[Note: A revised version of this episode dropped on October 12, 2024. Link.] Introduction to the Columbian Exchange introduces listeners to the extra…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 5
Season 1 Episode 7
This is our last episode on Christopher Columbus. This time we discuss the voyage home, which required impressive seamanship in the context of deliv…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 4
Season 1 Episode 6
This is our fourth episode on Christopher Columbus, this time looking at his first exploration of Cuba and Hispaniola, his "pivot" in the positioning…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 3
Season 1 Episode 5
This is our third episode on Christopher Columbus, which looks at his voyage west from the morning of his departure from Spain, his stop in the Canar…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 2
Season 1 Episode 4
This episode is a rerecorded and slightly revised version of the second of five on Christopher Columbus, the “Admiral of the Ocean Sea.” It covers th…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 1
Season 1 Episode 3
This episode is a remastered and slightly revised version of the first of five on Christopher Columbus, the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." The episode d…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Americans Before Columbus Part 2
Season 1 Episode 2
This is the second episode of The History of the Americans podcast, and Part 2 of The Americans Before Columbus. If you have not listened to the fir…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Americans Before Columbus Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1
On October 20, 2022, I re-recorded this episode, which was first published on January 3, 2021, with a few small tweaks and interjections. This is tha…
5 years, 7 months ago