Lytt til Talk History To Me

Christian's choice - this episode will cover the unique legacy of the super guppy aircraft, an aircraft that Christian had the pleasure of working in for a brief period of time. https://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/guppy.html#photogallery [https://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/guppy.html#photogallery] http://www.allaboutguppys.com/ [http://www.allaboutguppys.com/] https://www.air-and-space.com/guppies.htm [https://www.air-and-space.com/guppies.htm] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYl8zPW9Gho [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYl8zPW9Gho] https://books.google.com/books?id=D5hUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=Norman+Mansdorf&source=bl&ots=tvp-HyC8nI&sig=ACfU3U3ItFwmvu6rvwl3_ZxroAokGV7zAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDub2pg7TqAhVEba0KHXIBAh8Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Norman%20Mansdorf&f=false [https://books.google.com/books?id=D5hUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=Norman+Mansdorf&source=bl&ots=tvp-HyC8nI&sig=ACfU3U3ItFwmvu6rvwl3_ZxroAokGV7zAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDub2pg7TqAhVEba0KHXIBAh8Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Norman%20Mansdorf&f=false] http://www.allaboutguppys.com/pg/377pgf.htm [http://www.allaboutguppys.com/pg/377pgf.htm] https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch10.htm [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch10.htm] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-spacecraft-arrives-in-ohio-aboard-the-super-guppy [https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-spacecraft-arrives-in-ohio-aboard-the-super-guppy] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNCvCGf9DEuWntC5Pkq0wA/videos [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNCvCGf9DEuWntC5Pkq0wA/videos]

Alexis' choice of a topic, The Batavia was a Dutch ship in the 1600s that shipwrecked off the coast of Australia with 340 people onboard. What followed was nothing short of a horror story which involved murder and mutiny. The majority of the episode content comes straight from the Commander's journal: http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._136_pelsaertjournal.pdf [http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._136_pelsaertjournal.pdf] Other Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company] https://www.sea.museum/2016/06/04/barbarism-and-brutality-surviving-the-batavia-shipwreck [https://www.sea.museum/2016/06/04/barbarism-and-brutality-surviving-the-batavia-shipwreck] http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Pages/media_archive/Restoration-under-way-at-Abrolhos-Batavia-site.aspx [http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Pages/media_archive/Restoration-under-way-at-Abrolhos-Batavia-site.aspx]

The daunting and mysterious mountain with an infamous past. https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Everest [https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Everest] https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/ [https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal] http://www.surveyhistory.org/sir_george_everest1.htm [http://www.surveyhistory.org/sir_george_everest1.htm] https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/tallest-mountain-world/ [https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/tallest-mountain-world/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo] https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest [https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers [https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers] http://www.alexlowe.org/projects/kcc/ [http://www.alexlowe.org/projects/kcc/] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Troubled-2014-Everest-Climbing-Season-The-1994985 [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Troubled-2014-Everest-Climbing-Season-The-1994985] https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/may/23/mount-everest-first-successful-ascent-in-pictures [https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/may/23/mount-everest-first-successful-ascent-in-pictures] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest] https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-facts/index.html [https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-facts/index.html] https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/ [https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers [https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi] https://www.redbull.com/us-en/everest-world-records [https://www.redbull.com/us-en/everest-world-records]

Captain James cook was an ambitious explorer who is famous for his three voyages which included him travelling to places Britain had never been before. https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/charles-green-astronomer-1 [https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/charles-green-astronomer-1] https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/learning-center/articles/wheat-rust-diseases#phcontent_4_divAccordion [https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/learning-center/articles/wheat-rust-diseases#phcontent_4_divAccordion] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Banks [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Banks] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml] https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-second-voyage-of-james-cook [https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-second-voyage-of-james-cook] http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/furneaux-tobias-12932 [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/furneaux-tobias-12932] https://cdn.britannica.com/21/144721-050-88F2E4A9/James-Cook-Pacific-voyages.jpg [https://cdn.britannica.com/21/144721-050-88F2E4A9/James-Cook-Pacific-voyages.jpg] https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/exploration/southerncontinent [https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/exploration/southerncontinent] http://zeehaen.tripod.com/pub_4/did_clauptolemy_ab_australia.htm [http://zeehaen.tripod.com/pub_4/did_clauptolemy_ab_australia.htm] https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-third-voyage-of-james-cook [https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-third-voyage-of-james-cook] https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Laka [https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Laka] https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Montagu-4th-Earl-of-Sandwich [https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Montagu-4th-Earl-of-Sandwich]

One of the oldest operating prisons in the world, this prison has a rich history starting in the early 1600s up until its closure in 2013. With such a long history, there are so many stories to tell and so many skeletons to uncover. https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland [https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland] https://tinyurl.com/yxygv5eq https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Howard-British-philanthropist-and-social-reformer [https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Howard-British-philanthropist-and-social-reformer] Disney, Francis (1992). Shepton Mallet Prison (2nd Ed). Published by the author. ISBN [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number] 978-0951147023 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0951147023]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint] http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging2.html [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging2.html] http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html] https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1417744 [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1417744] http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html] https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058425 [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058425] https://tinyurl.com/rfw8mf7 https://tinyurl.com/svvzczk https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-carver-architect/ [https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-carver-architect/] https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111221130823603 [https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111221130823603] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33518071 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33518071] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9959808/Shepton-Mallet-Prison-If-these-walls-could-speak....html [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9959808/Shepton-Mallet-Prison-If-these-walls-could-speak....html] http://fireheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-2016.pdf [http://fireheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-2016.pdf] https://www.sheptonmalletprison.com/history [https://www.sheptonmalletprison.com/history]