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Bring Out Your Dead: Latin America vs. the British Empire, the only podcast telling the complex history of British Imperialism in Latin America. Join Gruff and Chris in an auditory picture painting of a forgotten history. In this podcast we will unpack the deep-rooted history of European colonialists and resistance figures as they fight for control and influence across South and Central America. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join us for the forgotten tale of Walter Raleigh's El Dorado obsession. This week's episode details the famous courtier's entire life. His failure to graduate from Oxford University, his numerous war crimes in Ireland and his decade as the unofficial royal toyboy. This is just the background to Raleigh's two El Dorado expeditions in Venezuela. Whil…
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Join us for our epic second season where we begin with a deep dive into the early Spanish Empire. In this episode: we explore the Conquistador Hernán Cortés' relationship with the King of Spain, the life of the supposed father of human rights, Bartolomé de las Casas, and why we no longer refer to the Central Mexican Empire as the Aztecs. We're exci…
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We are back! Following months of researching, recording, and editing season 2 is in full production. Enjoy this early teaser for our upcoming season. Remember to follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Patreon, where extra recordings, concept art, and research interviews will all be made available. Support the Show. Follow us on Instagram: http…
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In our action-packed season 1 finale, we follow Drake as he twice leads naval flotillas into the heart of the Spanish Empire. On our journey, we'll detail how Cartegena almost became an English colony, why Drake did not invent the Mojito, as well as fun Gaelic facts, as we chart the battles, victories, and ultimately defeats in Drake's desperate mi…
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Join us for our first ever war episode! Today we are covering the Anglo-Spanish war. As the antagonising actions of Francis Drake and imperial confidence of the English blow up into a war on land and sea. This week will be laying out the European course of the war as battles are fought in England, Spain, Holland and Ireland, before returning to Lat…
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Welcome to Francis Drake 2.5. Doughty is dead, the ship has finally been named the Golden Hinde, and now Francis and after a quick trip to the captain's quarters, is ready to get up to no good. Follow us through another Hurricane, that will see Francis Drake officially declared dead by the survivors, before he goes on to claim Britain's first overs…
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Drake Part 2, will have a bit of a different vibe as we set up the chaotic, storm-plagued, Atlantic leg of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. Most of all we will lay bare the inky insanity that grips the English mind once it finds itself cold and isolated on the other side of the world. Support the Show. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram…
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In this episode, we will be outlining the history of Spanish colonisation. Touching on the early wars of resistance. As well as the kingdom of the Panamanian Cimarrónes, a society of escaped slaves who challenged Spanish rule for close to a century. As all of this is happening, Francis Drake, a slave trader and coward(bitch!), will seek to rebuild …
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Our first episode, will go way back to the early seed of British Imperialism planted in the mid-16th Century. Join us as we lay out the story of John Hawkins, whose singular obsession of trading enslaved Africans to Spanish American colonies will bring an ignored and uncultured Northern European Queendom into direct conflict with the world's first …
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