Wed, 25 February 2009 This episode follows the initial fortunes of the English and the Dutch Navies as they take on the French. It also covers the Golden Age of Piracy and it's demise and sees George Anson be the third English sailor to capture the Manilla Galleon. All the best Tony Comments[4] |
I have one completely minor pedantic quibble with this episode. Around the 19:35 mark you say that battle of Málaga coincidentally happened on the same day as Blenheim. While it's true that they both happened on August 13, 1704, they also happened eleven days apart. The confusion comes from the switch from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar.
Blenheim occurred on August 13 (New Style), but August 2 (Old Style). Málaga occurred on August 24 (New Style) and August 13 (Old Style).
Completely understandable mistake to make, especially when you're dealing with interactions between England and France/Spain.
All that said, i do enjoy this podcast and am pleasantly surprised whenever it pops up in iTunes.
Blenheim occurred on August 13 (New Style), but August 2 (Old Style). Málaga occurred on August 24 (New Style) and August 13 (Old Style).
Completely understandable mistake to make, especially when you're dealing with interactions between England and France/Spain.
All that said, i do enjoy this podcast and am pleasantly surprised whenever it pops up in iTunes.
Thanks Ken...very good point. I think as there is potentially huge confusion to be had between old and new style calendars most sources just use the Gregorian.
posted by: Tony Cocks on Fri, 3/20 04:55 AM EDT
Thank you for your podcast Tony, I also listen to Dan Carlin, Hanks History hour, Historyzine and a few others as well as many history audiobooks. I find yours to be amount the very best, they are soba and informative without ever being dull. The format you have works well and I would be more than happy if it stayed as is, the armature podcasts, when done well, are often the best and your falls into that category.
I am dyslexic so reading history is painstaking at best, I wasn't able to go to university so have always felt missed out on some secret world of knowledge. Podcasts and audiobooks like yours and many, many others have opened up a whole world of learning for me, I spend hours immersed in the past and now feel truly enlighten and enriched as a person. Binge Thinking was one of the first history podcast I listened to and you've recommended many more that I've gone on to enjoy, so thank you, you should feel very proud of your work.
I am dyslexic so reading history is painstaking at best, I wasn't able to go to university so have always felt missed out on some secret world of knowledge. Podcasts and audiobooks like yours and many, many others have opened up a whole world of learning for me, I spend hours immersed in the past and now feel truly enlighten and enriched as a person. Binge Thinking was one of the first history podcast I listened to and you've recommended many more that I've gone on to enjoy, so thank you, you should feel very proud of your work.
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