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Following his triumphant report to the Catholic Monarchs of his discovery of fabulous riches across the sea, Columbus was dispatched in 1493 with a great fleet, as many men as he could ask for, and instructions to found a permanent settlement in the New World. But the seeds of destruction were pla‮…

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On the 12th of October 1492, Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and forever altered the course of history. He had struggled long and hard to get where he did – for years he had been mocked by scholars, spurned by kings, and frustrated by the interminable turning of the gears of ro‮…
Columbus has gained immortality for his discovery of the New World, but while many focus on his moment of greatest triumph, few notice the years of toil and frustration that led up to his celebrated voyage of 1492. A nameless mariner from Genoa, Columbus endured years of mockery and disappointment‮…

Episode 4 – Iberian Union

Intrigue, civil war, exploration, and discovery – all that and more is included in this episode, which covers the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, the War of the Castilian Succession, and the separate paths taken by the Castilians and Portuguese during the latter half of the 15th century.
The story of the Age of Discovery traditionally begins in 1415, when the Portuguese captured the Moroccan city of Ceuta in a stunning lightning assault. Among those who made their names that day was Prince Henry of Portugal, a young, brash, and zealous prince. Over the next 45 years his restless n‮…
While we are accustomed to associate the Age of Discovery with the New World and the Far East, the dawn of that age began with significantly less ambitious voyages down the coast of Africa. In this episode we go over the various voyages down the coast of Africa from antiquity through the dawn of t‮…

Episode 1 – Rivers of Gold

In this episode we talk a bit about the impetus for the birth of the age of exploration. The more famous impetus was the desire to open a direct sea route to India to compensate for the collapse of the Silk Road, but the earlier, and lesser-known impetus, was the desire to discover the fabled Rio ‮…
Introduction for our first chapter: The Spanish Century, covering 1492-1603.

Introduction

Welcome to From Settlement to Superpower
This episode concludes our discussion James VI/I as King of Scotland, and covers his final victory over the Kirk. We talk about the Edinburgh Riots and how James turned that chaos to his advantage, the story of the Bold Buccleuch’s daring raid on Carlisle Castle and James’ response, an‮…
הצהרה: הפודקאסט והגרפיקה המוטבעים בדף זה הם מ-From Settlement to Superpower, שהוא רכושו של בעליו ואינו קשור או מאושר על ידי Listen Notes, Inc.