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 | 80 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Escape to Afghanistan: Ella Maillart, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, and the promise that couldn't be kept
In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, two Swiss women decided to drive a Ford from Geneva to Kabul.
One of them was running out of time, and they both knew it.
The driver was Annemarie Schwarzenbach – a Swiss industrialist’s daugh...
Olaudah Equiano: Research Notes, an Exclusive London Walking Map & Further Reading
Bonus Material for members of the By Their Own Compass Club
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History's Greatest Travel Scams: From Medieval Relic Fraud to the Tea House Scam in Beijing
Jeremiah and Sarah are both traveling this week, but as a special treat, we’re reposting one of our favorite episodes from earlier this year. We hope you enjoy it, and we’ll be back in two weeks with a fresh episode.
If you’ve ever Googled...
Olaudah Equiano: The Enslaved Man Who Rewrote History
Imagine being kidnapped at the age of 11, enslaved, and made to fight another country’s war as a white man pockets your wages – only to be sold off the moment you are finally owed your freedom. This was the plight of African man Olaudah Equ...
Nellie Bly: Deleted Pod Content, Round the World Travel Tips and a Spiderman Connection?
Watch now | As a treat for this episode, we continue our story about Nellie Bly.
As a treat for this episode, we continue our story about Nellie Bly.
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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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