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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We are a land animal. But millions of us have taken to the sea to live, fight, travel, eat, escape and seek fame and fortune. I am obsessed with the sea. On how humans have built ever more efficient and capable ships to exploit its riches and opportunities. This is an conversation I’ve been longing to have. David Abulafia has written massive, beautiful, scholarly books about the oceans and his most recent, The Boundless Sea, is a masterpiece.He and I chatted about why and how humans have taken to the sea in ships and why what happens on the water affects politics, economics and societies on the land. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Feb 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
What Britain Did to Nigeria: When we think of the British Empire we often think of India, Singapore or South Africa but an underrepresented part of the colonial picture is that of west Africa & specifically Nigeria. Max Siollun joins Dan to discuss Nigeria's colonial hist... by Dan Snow's History Hit