By Their Own Compass
Historian Jeremiah Jenne and journalist Sarah Keenlyside bring you stories of historical travelers, the places they went, and the people they encountered. (After all, one person's frontier is another person's front door.)
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| Issues | 67 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Compass Dispatch: Stuffed Polar Bears and Sundried Brains
Forgive us, fellow navigators, if you’ve noticed a slight lapse in our correspondence. It turns out finishing a book with a publisher breathing down your neck really doesn’t leave much time for anything else – including sleeping and eating....
Emily Hahn in China: War, Romance, and Opium
Seeking the perfect travel companion: Must like adventure, dodgy neighborhoods, good gin joints, handsome and interesting men (a spy or a poet, if you please), gibbons (which are NOT monkeys), and opium. Not in that particular order.
Meet...
History’s Funniest Diplomatic Fails: the US in Guam, Louis XIV’s Fake Persian Ambassador and China’s Unluckiest Envoy
In diplomatic history, some missions don’t always go off with a bang, but with a cringe. During the Spanish-American War in 1898, the US Navy attacked Guam and waited for return fire that never came. Turns out the Spanish-run island had no...
Leo Africanus vs. Marco Polo: Who You Got?
In this edition of Compass Dispatches:
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Mailbag: 147 of 189 killed at the Last Stand of the Swiss Guard
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Musical tribute to Leo Africanus
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Full Transcript to last week’s episode
It’s an off week for us here at By Thei...
Leo Africanus: Pirates, Popes, and the Moor Who Knew Too Much
Captured by a Spanish pirate? A gift to Pope Leo X? Europe’s expert on Africa for nearly three centuries? Leo Africanus lived many lives. Born al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan around 1488 in Granada, Spain, he was trained in the madrasas of...
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Historian Jeremiah Jenne and journalist Sarah Keenlyside bring you stories of historical travelers, the places they went, and the people they encountered. (After all, one person's frontier is another person's front door.)
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