Jules Dumont d'Urville returns to the South Pacific about the Astrolabe. In this episode, we explore Australia, New Zealand and the Tongan Islands. The ship will - multiple times - find itself stuck on reefs. The episode will end with d'Urville bombarding the Tongans after seize numerous hostages in hope of obtaining French weapons, supplies and military expertise.
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Ibn Battuta - Part 1 - Mecca
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 4
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 3
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 2
John McDouall Stuart and the crossing of Australia - Part 1
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold - Part 2
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold - Part 1
Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 3 - Interview
Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 2
Matt Rutherford and the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the Americas - Part 1
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet and the search for the Mississippi River - Part 2
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet and the search for the Mississippi River - Part 1
James Cook - Part 10 - Third Voyage: The Death of James Cook
James Cook - Part 9 - Third Voyage: Search for the Northwest Passage
James Cook - Part 8 - Third Voyage: Return to Polynesia
James Cook - Part 7 - Second Voyage: South Seas and the Southern Atlantic
James Cook - Part 6 - Second Voyage: Terra Australis
James Cook - Part 5 - First Voyage: Around the World
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