New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World

New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World


Latest Episodes

Bonus Episode 23: The historical development of Paul Bunyan
December 28, 2023

Discover the unique characteristics and real historical figures and events that helped form the famous syncretic tale of New York and Quebec.

Bonus Episode 22: The Life of Saint Kateri
December 28, 2023

Join me on a journey to discover the unique syncretic religious developments on the frontier of New York and Quebec during the late 17th century. Book Recommendations A Lily Among Thorns by Darren Bonaparte.

Bonus Episode 21: The Famous Coureurs des bois of Nouvelle-France
December 28, 2023

Discover the unique mode of warfare developed on the syncretic frontier of New York and Quebec from the point of view of Nouvelle-France.

Bonus Episode 20: The Pirate Patroons of the Hudson Valley
December 28, 2023

Discover the incredible links between the Hudson Valley and Madagascar, as the new English overlords team up with the established Dutch Merchant class, in order to subvert the Navigation Acts.

Bonus Episode 19: The 18th Century Rent Wars of New York and northern New Jersey.
December 28, 2023

Learn more about the Horseneck riots and the Prendergast and revolt.

Bonus Episode 18: Martinique’s Morne Garnier
December 11, 2023

Follow the pivotal history of Martinique in the struggle between Britain and France. Discover with how the British conquests turned the power dynamics with North American English colonists upside down.

Bonus episode 1: "Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion and the fall of Louisbourg, 1755-1758"
November 28, 2023

Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of its French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. Well also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le

Bonus Episode 6 "In the Shadow of Wobomagonda: Robert Rogers Ranger's and the "Snowshoe Campaigns"
November 27, 2023

Robert Rodgers Rangers were the first true Special forces developed institutionally in North America. Created to counter the French Coureur de Boisand their Le Guerre Sauvage, The Rangers fought in all the major campaigns on the borders of New York

Bonus Episode 3 Colonial New York: Land of the Patroon and the Longhouse, Part een”
November 27, 2023

Part 1: Geographical overview of NYS and background of Dutch Colonial Settlement until 1673. We'll cover the transistion from Patroonships to the Manorial system in the Hudson valley after the English takeover.

Bonus Episode 15 Ticonderoga: A Place between the Waters of New York and Quebec, Part One
November 22, 2023

Discover the unique role that Ticonderoga plays in the historical development of New York and Quebec, from Samuel Champlain to General Burgoyne, Part One will cover 1609-1759