Greg Jenner

Yeah. That money you gave me, wasted. It's gone. Threw it in the sea. I've cut my head off in advance. So you're right. So Giovanni de Verrazzano... thinks he's found the Northwest Passage, he's actually found North Carolina, which actually, of course, is where Blackbeard operated. Ah, of course. We're linking back to your earlier episode. So that was 1523.

Then we get more explorers heading off to chart Newfoundland's coastline, and then they're competing in this sort of 16th century game show, which we might sort of loosely call Claim That Arctic. It is everyone's racing. So let's talk about Martin Frobisher, because he's next up in the list. So who is Frobisher? He's another Englishman?

Then we get more explorers heading off to chart Newfoundland's coastline, and then they're competing in this sort of 16th century game show, which we might sort of loosely call Claim That Arctic. It is everyone's racing. So let's talk about Martin Frobisher, because he's next up in the list. So who is Frobisher? He's another Englishman?

Yeah, I mean, it's a very sad reminder of the sort of cost of these explorations, obviously going out and the danger of it. But also if you're sort of kidnapping people and bringing them back home, that's also pretty cruel.

Yeah, I mean, it's a very sad reminder of the sort of cost of these explorations, obviously going out and the danger of it. But also if you're sort of kidnapping people and bringing them back home, that's also pretty cruel.

If people want to know more about that, we did an episode with Professor Caroline Dodds-Pennock on the Columbian Exchange, which talks about those sort of movements of people and goods and ideas. But let's get back to slightly cheerier notes. Frobisher found some treasures.

If people want to know more about that, we did an episode with Professor Caroline Dodds-Pennock on the Columbian Exchange, which talks about those sort of movements of people and goods and ideas. But let's get back to slightly cheerier notes. Frobisher found some treasures.

Oh, lovely. Naturally.

Oh, lovely. Naturally.

Yes, but I think he was very keen on going, it's definitely gold, it's gold, gold, gold. Our next contestant is a man called Henry Hudson. Heard the name? No. Okay, that's fair. He's quite famous.

Yes, but I think he was very keen on going, it's definitely gold, it's gold, gold, gold. Our next contestant is a man called Henry Hudson. Heard the name? No. Okay, that's fair. He's quite famous.

You're not far off there, actually, Stu. So he's got a bay named after him, he's got a river named after him. I was going to say, why do you think he went down in history? But falling in a river is a pretty good guess.

You're not far off there, actually, Stu. So he's got a bay named after him, he's got a river named after him. I was going to say, why do you think he went down in history? But falling in a river is a pretty good guess.

Methane, permafrost, I've got nothing. I enjoyed the attempt. Vanessa, why is this guy so famous? He gets a bay named after him, he gets a river named after him. That must mean he did something heroic, no?

Methane, permafrost, I've got nothing. I enjoyed the attempt. Vanessa, why is this guy so famous? He gets a bay named after him, he gets a river named after him. That must mean he did something heroic, no?

This is 1610, the Hudson attempts this overwintering. It doesn't go well. There are, I think, saying tensions on the ship is underselling it.

This is 1610, the Hudson attempts this overwintering. It doesn't go well. There are, I think, saying tensions on the ship is underselling it.

Gotcha.

Gotcha.

Sorry. Abacut Prickett.