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Listeners of History of the Atlantic World that love the show mention: jesse,This episode details the entradas of Juan Ponce de León, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hernando de Soto, Tristán de Luna y Arellano, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Castaño de Sosa, Antonio Gutiérrez de Humana and Francisco Leyva de Bonilla, Juan de Oñate, Cabeza de Vaca, Esteban de Dorantes, and more. The episode concludes with the creation of two backwater colonial outposts, Santa Fe and St. Augustine - and a North American apocalypse.Please Support the people who support this show! Check out the Retro Late Fee Podcast on the Big Heads Media Network.SourcesLatin American CivilizationOne Vast Winter CountEurope and the People without HistoryThe Spanish Borderlands FrontierThe History of Latin AmericaThe Martyrs of FloridaImperial Spain's Failure to Colonize Southeast North AmericaFlorida Indians and the Invasion from EuropeEmpires of the Atlantic WorldThe Last ConquistadorThe Spanish Frontier in North AmericaNarrative of the Coronado ExpeditionKnights of Spain, Warriors of the SunThe Southern VoyagesChronicle of the Narvaez ExpeditionFrontiers: A Short History of the American WestPATREON Thank you for your support!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Jesse and Dr. Henning Hillmann discuss his new book the Corsairs of Saint-Malo.
Conquest of the Americas part VII begins just after Hernán Cortés has completed his conquest of the Aztecs. The episode ends at the conclusion of the Mixtón War.
Jesse speaks with Dr. Robert Murray from Mercy College regarding his new book, Atlantic Passages: Race, Mobility, and Liberian Colonization
Historian Christian Pinnen from Mississippi College chats with Jesse about his new book about colonial Natchez. Natchez was a French colony, an English colony, a Spanish colony, and then finally became part of the United States.
Jesse interviews Dr. Danielle Skeehan, who unpacks the relationship between text and textiles in her excellent new book, The Fabric of Empire!
Jesse and Dr. A.B. Wilkinson chat about his new book, Blurring the Lines of Race and Freedom: Mixed Bloods and Mulattos in English Colonial America. Revealed are stories of real life human drama that will shock and astonish!
Hernan Cortes. Montezuma. The Conquest of Mexico. Part 6 of Conquest of the Americas
Jesse interviews Dr. Alida Metcalf on her new book, Mapping an Atlantic World
Conquest of the Americas part five. The history of the Spanish Inquisition is a sordid tale of torture and execution. As for the shocking impact of the Inquisition on the Atlantic World? Even Monty Python fans are bound to find this episode to be full of surprises!
Jesse interviews Tom Zoellner, author of Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire
Part Four of Conquest of the Americas tells the story of the "discovery" of Brazil. What do Portugal, France, Brazilian cannibals, and a liar from Venice have in common? Why, the Invention of America, of course.
Jesse interviews Dr. Chris Ferguson, a professor of psychology at Stetson University about his new book, How Madness Shaped History.
Part three of Conquest of the Americas. The conquest of Tierra Firme. Jesse tells the story of Vasco Núñez de Balboa and the "discovery" of the Pacific.
Part two of Conquest of the Americas. Spanish Conquistadores expand from Hispaniola. What follows is a shocking tale of genocide.
The story of the history of the Atlantic World truly begins in Genoa, where host Jesse Wuest tells the tale of a young boy from Italy, who desperately desired to grow up to be a baller, a shot-caller. And after 1492 the world will never be the same.
Earth-Shaker is episode 2.4, the final chapter of People of the Sun. A tale of Empire, Dazzling Golden Treasures, Nasca Lines, Headhunters, Ancient Seafarers, The Wild World of Sports, Amazonian Cities, Man-made Forests, Mummies, and More! The History of South America and The Caribbean before 1492 has it all! Follow host Jesse as he descends one last time down the rabbit hole of the American past.
This episode tells the epic histories of the Maya, Aztecs, and many other Mesoamerican cultures before descending down the rabbit hole for a graphic description of human sacrifice. Beware, this episode is not for the faint of heart.
Host Jesse Wuest tells the epic history of North America until 1492!
Between quoting Rage Against the Machine lyrics and offering up a tribute to Stan Lee following his passing, host Jesse Wuest presents the 100% real and factual story of the true discovery of the Americas and before diving into 12,000 years of history spread across two continents.
In the epic conclusion to Rise of the Conquistadores host Jesse Wuest compares the rivalry between Spain and Portugal to the Space Race. If you think that is a strange comparison than you might also be surprised to find that Rise of the Conquistadores ends not in the Caribbean, but in India.
Decades before the voyage of Columbus, the armies of Portugal and Spain face off against each other on the Canary Islands in the very first European colonial war. To the winner? Control of all the wealth and power of the newly developing Atlantic world. And for the Guanche, the native islanders of the Canaries - far more was at stake.
Jesse continues the Chronicles of Zurara diving deep into the human drama that enfolds as Europe and Africa become connected. After that he digs into the very different account of Africa as written by Cadamosto and in doing so demonstrates that who tells a story can be just as important as what story is told.
Jesse unpacks the relationship between Horses, Land, Slaves, and the Tetse Fly in order to explain how the Atlantic Slave Trade started. Part four of Rise of the Conquistadores switches perspectives away from the Portuguese and takes listeners on a crash course into the world of West African economics and politics.
The Infant Dom Henrique of Portugal burst onto the world's stage in 1419 at the Siege of Ceuta and afterwards the world will never be the same. In the 3rd installment of Rise of the Conquistadors, host Jesse Wuest introduces Henry the Navigator.
Host Jesse Wuest weaves a tale spanning more than 500 years that begins with Christopher Columbus and ends with the modern world.
Host Jesse Wuest weaves a tale spanning more than 500 years that begins with Christopher Columbus and ends with the modern world.
Host Jesse Wuest weaves a tale spanning more than 500 years that begins with Christopher Columbus and ends with the modern world.