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We look at the life of one of the most amazing but forgotten men of the 1600s, William Dampier. Ever curious he was an explorer, navigator, naturalist, writer and so much more. The author of A New Voyage Around the World, his accounts opened the world to the public. Never before had people experienced such exotic locations from their own homes or had such detailed descriptions of the world beyond their shores. From stories of raids on Spanish settlements in the Pacific to first setting step on the shores of Australia his vivid accounts were a world first. He inspired Charles Darwin, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Alexander von Humboldt and many more. Sadly his more lawless acts would lead him, in the eyes of some, to be little more than a common pirate but we hope to show you just how wrong this is.
51: 🪄🃏The Devil’s Picture Books and Wild West Magic
50: ♠️♥️ Magic and Playing Card History with Magician Lee Asher ♣️♦️
49: 👁️The Curiosity of Sight. How eyes work and how we discovered that.
Bonus: 🎙️ Intelligent Speech 2023 and Takarajima
48: 🪙 Tales of treasure. Cocos Island, the Centurion and a Hermit
Bonus: 👵 Re-release: Margaret Ann Neve (fixed!)
Bonus: 🥔 The Potato Boom!
47: 👾 Interview with Paul Mayze: Cards, the Universe and Everything
46: 🥔 Potato, Potato, Potato, foundation of the modern world
45: 🤖 Artificial intelligence, creativity and talking to animals
44: ⚛️ Elementary my dear Anton - atoms and elements
43: 🔮 The History of Magic
42: 🧒22 Orphans to Save the World - Intelligent Speech 2022
40: ⌛ What is time?
Bonus: 🍫 Guilty Chocolate, Anton’s prize winning short story
39: 🎈The ‘True History’ of Flight
😍 Announcement: We’re at Intelligent Speech 2022!
38: 🪃 The Paradoxical Platypus
37: 🏰 Anton Investigates: Norman Castles
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