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Alexander Mackenzie - Part 1 - Early life, the fur trade, and the Mackenzie River Expedition
10/11/2026 | 34 mins.In the first part of our series on Scottish Explorer Alexander Mackenzie we take a look at his early life including his move from Scotland to America. We follow Mackenzie as he becomes a part of the fur trading industry in Canada - which will eventually lead to his first expedition of exploration - a search for a route to the Pacific Coast - which will instead lead him to one of Canada's great waterways - the Mackenzie River.
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The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices- This episode contains three episodes from my other podcast - History Dispatches - related to Raleigh. They are not essential to the Raleigh series - but lots of fun. This includes the following:
The Glorious Defeat of the Revenge
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices - In the wake of his disastrous Guyana venture, Raleigh faces a return to the Tower of London - or even worse - the gallows. Should he flee England? Or stay and face his accusers? In the final episode of our series, we chronicle Raleigh's final, and deadliest challenge. We then wrap by taking a look at the legacy of the man.
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The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices - In part 7 of our series, Raleigh will spend 13 years in the Tower of London, only to be released to make a return to Guyana to - again - search for the legendary city of El Dorado.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices - In Part 6, Essex goes off the rails and plots seizing the throne. Then the death of Elizabeth sends Raleigh's fortunes into a downward spiral that will lead to charges of treason.
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