Volume 1, disc 1, lecture 1. The earliest explorers
Disc 1, lecture 2. The scientific voyage of Pytheas the Greek
Disc 2, lecture 3. St. Brendanthe travels of an Irish monk
Disc 2, lecture 4. Xuanzang's journey to the West
Disc 3, lecture 5. Leif Eriksson the Lucky
Disc 3, lecture 6. Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville
Disc 4, lecture 7. Ibn Battutanever the same route twice
Disc 4, lecture 8. Portugal's great leap forward
Disc 5, lecture 9. The enigmatic Christopher Columbus
Disc 5, lecture 10. Magellan and the advent of globalization
Disc 6, lecture 11. The ruthless ambition of the Conquistadors
Disc 6, lecture 12. Henry Hudson : death on the ice
Volume 2, disc 7, lecture 13. The Jesuits on a global mission
Disc 7, lecture 14. Captain Cook maps the world
Disc 8, lecture 15. Alexander von Humboldtexplorer genius
Disc 8, lecture 16. Jefferson dispatches Lewis and Clark
Disc 9, lecture 17. Sir John Franklin's epic disaster
Disc 9, lecture 18. Ida PfeifferVictorian extreme traveler
Disc 10, lecture 19. Japan discovers the West
Disc 10, lecture 20. Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa
Disc 11, lecture 21. Arctic feats and fates
Disc 11, lecture 22. Antarctic rivalries
Disc 12, lecture 23. A deep-sea dive into the Mariana Trench
Disc 12, lecture 24. The race to outer space
