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Hi, I'm Matt Albers, host of the Pirate History Podcast.

The men and women of the Golden Age of Piracy are some of the most infamous and often misunderstood

characters in all of human history.

You know their names, and Bonnie, Henry Avery, Mary Reed, Captain Kid, Blackbeard.

But do you know their stories, their real stories?

Every week over on the Pirate History Podcast, we examine what made these pirates sail the

high seas in search of plunder and adventure and revenge.

If you'd like to hear the stories of the real men and women who went on the account and

sailed under the black flag, join us on the Pirate History Podcast.

400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damn pylons off the coast

of Europe.

Within three short centuries, these islands would become the centre of an empire which ruled

a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set.

I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast Pax Britannica follows

the people and events that built that empire into a global superpower.

Learn the history of the British Empire by listening to Pax Britannica, everywhere you find

your podcasts, or go to pod.link slash pax.

Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast.

Today is the final episode in our series on Edwin Hilary Intensing Norge and the Conquest

of Everest.

We have a lot to cover, so let's get going.

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