• 1999
The Great Adventurers

Summary What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.' View more details

  • 1999

The Great Adventurers

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Michael Leighton Ian Brooker Harry King Robert Headland

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Genres : Adventure History Documentary

Release date : Jun 29, 1999

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Producer Website

Language : English

Production companies : Cromwell Productions Ltd.

Summary What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.' View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure History Documentary

Release date : Jun 29, 1999

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Producer Website

Language : English

Production companies : Cromwell Productions Ltd.

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The Great Adventurers (1999)

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Episode 1 • Jun 29, 1999
Scott of the Antarctic
Captain Robert Falcon Scott led two expeditions to the Antarctic region: the Discovery Expedition that set a record of Latitude 82-degrees-South, and the fateful Terra Nova Expedition that saw Scott and his team race Roald Amundsen's team.
Episode 2 • Jun 29, 1999
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus survived battles with Tunisian galleys, shipwrecks, imprisonment, and severe illness during his remarkable expeditions, eventually setting foot in the West Indies and on the South American mainland in search of gold.
Episode 3 • Jun 29, 1999
Sir Walter Raleigh
Navigator, poet, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace that eventually ended with the farcical Orinoco disaster, and subsequent death on the executioner's block.
Episode 4 • Jun 29, 1999
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake and the British victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 are inextricably linked, but there is more to this man's story. Drake was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world.
Episode 5 • Jun 29, 1999
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton was a leader of men. Most memorable was his 1914 expedition where he and his crew's dream of becoming the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent turned nightmarish. Yet, through sheer endurance, all survived.
Episode 6 • Jun 29, 1999
Livingstone & Stanley
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