Poisons and Pestilence

Trailer Rights;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kea7gnh1uYA

In this episode we return to the history of the M-Device with Brian Tasman-Davies

 

You can check out the book here: Major Tom and the secret ‘M’ device – Brian's historical adventure books

 

We also did a previous episode on this topic with Simon Jones: 13 Bonus Episode: The M Device with Simon Jones

 

Music rights: "Яблочко" (Little Apple) - Russian Folk Song - YouTube

In this episode we examine the earliest reference to poison arrows in accounts of European expeditions to the Americas in the 15th Century. This is the first part of a study which runs up untill around 1700. 

 

 

You can check out the show notes here: 

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wIibQJYobwyhFNC-OhjnLYkOwVizIjuJ?usp=sharing

Reid Kirby will be publishing his book in June. Follow him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkirby/ 

 

 

Media Credits: ABC news.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-jA96JgD9U