Explore the Borderlands... * The charred remains of Helen Conway, whose body "exploded." Was this a case of spontaneous combustion? * Discoveries of 130-foot-long boa constrictors and twelve-foot giant kangaroos. What other species have gone undiscovered? *In England, a town is pelted from the sky by hundreds of tiny rose-colored frogs. Is this a one-time event, an omen, or a bizarre natural phenomenon? Near-death experiences...lake monsters...crop circles...fairies...visions of the Virgin Mary...Using his vast research and privileged access to case files,...
Explore the Borderlands... * The charred remains of Helen Conway, whose body "exploded." Was this a case of spontaneous combustion? ...
In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world s richest and most powerful monopoly. The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of...
In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voya...
In 1630s Holland, thousands of people were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was the tulip, a bloom newly-arrived from the east. Mike Dash recreates this episode, and evokes Holland's Golden Age.
In 1630s Holland, thousands of people were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was the tulip, a bloom newly-arr...
