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                                            Pirates, Explorers & Epic Adventures
Set sail into a world of daring voyages, extraordinary characters and remarkable adventures. From pirates and explorers to traders, pioneers and fortune-seekers, these talks uncover the ambition, courage, danger and occasional disaster behind some of history’s greatest journeys.
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Prince Henry the Navigator funded many voyages to find a route to the spices that were so desired at this time. 
 
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Just over 500 years ago a small band of sailors completed the first ever circumnavigation of the globe, the famous name involved was Magellan, a Portuguese, sailing for Spain, but he didn’t make it back and neither did a lot of others. 
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The Age of Exploration was fuelled by the want for spices and the need to find a sea route to them.  Columbus, an Italian, sailing for Spain went to find a western sea passage to the East., 
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 It took years to travel from Europe to the Far East, when Marco Polo set off with his father & uncle in 1271, coming back 24 years later with jewels sewn into his clothes & amazing tales to tell, 
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It’s hard to imagine today how a Pope thought he could divide the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese. But that is just a Pope did. 
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