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Extra History Topic Suggestions are OPEN until 12/26!
🕑 Added 2024-12-18 18:30:02 +0000 UTCHello Historians, our next Extra History theme is Explorers and Pioneers!
Maybe it's the promise of a new year with new horizons, or the release of Moana 2, but we've got explorers on the brain! From the fascinating but highly gnarly story of Francis Drake, to the incredible endurance of Shackleton, to the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart (which is actually the least interesting thing about her) we're telling the stories of those who blazed trails and reached beyond. For this series, we're not limiting ourselves strictly with the "explorer" label. For example, figures like Nellie Bly and her attempt to go around the world in eighty days would count. So send us your best explorers, travelers and expeditions!
You can enter YOUR suggestions for the topic HERE in this form.
Some notes about suggestions:
Suggestions should feature content before the 1930s
If a suggestion we encounter only has enough research material/production scope for a one-off episode instead of a full series, we file it in a separate list to reference later when we are planning to schedule a one-off episode between series (this is true for every survey we do).
Only one suggestion per person, please! Multiple suggestions from the same person during any given survey period will be manually removed. Extra History Suggestion Survey is OPEN until 12/26.
We can't wait to read all your suggested topics!
Comments
General Luigi
I might be stretching the definition of "explorer" here, but I submitted the exploration and conquest of Siberia by Russia. I could see some similarities to the "Exploring the Pacific" series and maybe some contrast with the US's westward expansion.
Kapis
I would really like to see story of Czechoslovak legions in Russia {1917 - 1920} - it's not only about exploration of the best road to home (by rail in Siberia), but also about hardship on the road in a war-torn country, but also about bravery to get through no matter what through wilderness.
RedWizzrobe
I just submitted the Lewis and Clark Expedition
David Chase
Prince Henry the Navigator
