Episode 00

Preamble

This is not a retelling of the expansion of Europe and battles at sea, nor a catalog of inventions relating to maritime technology, but the study of changes serving to inaugurate and speed globalization and to shape cycles of influence in global affairs.

Episode 01

The Austronesians

Stepping back before recorded history to an amazing saga, we enter the vast open Pacific. This is the world of the Austronesian speakers, specifically the Polynesians.