Teddy Roosevelt: Big Stick Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt and how Big Stick Diplomacy reshaped American foreign policy.
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Theodore Roosevelt took office in 1901 and used a strong navy — Big Stick diplomacy — to back American talks abroad.
Companion long-form episodes
These are full-length SeeStew documentaries, not shorts. Each episode sits next to the written archive: play one here, then read the sourced story when a match exists. Also on @SeeStew.
Prefer quick clips? Go to Shorts. Prefer to read? Open Stories.
René Goulaine de Laudonnière — Fort Caroline
French Florida, Fort Caroline, and the colonial fight with Spain.
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Before Jamestown dominated the story, France tried to hold Fort Caroline near today's Jacksonville; Spain destroyed it in 1565.
Antonio Pigafetta — Magellan's Chronicler
Pigafetta's account of the first circumnavigation of the globe.
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Antonio Pigafetta sailed with Magellan and wrote one of the only eyewitness accounts of the first voyage around the world.