Footnotes Of History
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 31:51:47
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Synopsis
footnotesofhistory.com - the podcast that sails confidently into the uncharted waters of the past, bringing back incredible treasures for its listeners. You'll wish you'd listened harder in school as we reveal the oft-forgotten history of the nineteenth century .
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![7 - Smoke On The Water - The Industrial Revolution at Sea]()
7 - Smoke On The Water - The Industrial Revolution at Sea
08/04/2018 Duration: 42minWant more FOH? Visit footnotesofhistory.com/join Sail ruled the waves for well over a thousand years and its triumph in 1805 at Trafalgar has established its place forever in the public mind. But over the next three decades, the convergence of three amazing new inventions would slowly but surely displace sail from its perch at the apex of shipping technology. By 1860, the transformation was all but complete - man had claimed his independence from the tyranny of weather on the high seas. Register for updates and see the show notes here: footnotesofhistory.com/7
