Voyages of Discovery
Series in which explorer Paul Rose celebrates the achievements of famous seamen and explorers
Voyages of Discovery - Circumnavigation
Paul Rose reveals the story behind the first ever circumnavigation of the world, when Magellan set out 500 years ago to find the westward route to the Spice Islands.
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Voyages of Discovery - Hanging by a Thread
Paul Rose tells the story of the USS Squalus, stranded on the bottom of the Atlantic in 1937 and the first time anyone had been saved from a stricken submarine.
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Voyages of Discovery - The Figure of the Earth
Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen's 18th Century scientific mission to Ecuador to settle an international row by measuring the shape of the planet.
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Voyages of Discovery - The Ice King
Paul Rose tells the story of Fridjtof Nansen who, in 1892, announced a daring plan to be first to the North Pole and who became the forefather of polar exploration.
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Voyages of Discovery - The Making of Captain Cook
Paul Rose tells the true story of an eventful voyage as he explores how Captain James Cook's discoveries changed the world.
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