Episodes (26)

Les premiers navigateurs
S01E01 · Les premiers navigateurs

Dec 10, 1996

The first browsers.

Alexandre le Grand
S01E02 · Alexandre le Grand

Dec 11, 1996

Alexander The Great.

Erik le Rouge et la découverte de l'Amérique
S01E03 · Erik le Rouge et la découverte de l'Amérique

Dec 12, 1996

The discovery of America is usually associated to one date and one name: 1492 and Christopher Columbus. This ignores the fact that 500 years before the Spanish navigators touched land with their caravels, a handful of hardy Scandinavian sailors crossed the same ocean in their streamlined knorrs.

Gengis Khan
S01E04 · Gengis Khan

Dec 13, 1996

Was Genghis Khan really a barbarian risen out of the Asian steppe to bring terror and death onto Christendom, the direct successor of Attila the "wrath of God"? Europe certainly lived in holy fear of the mongol horsemen, for these nomads were the antithesis and the enemies of the "civilized" farming societies that populated the fertile plains of the West at that time.

Ibn Battuta (sur les traces de Marco Polo)
S01E05 · Ibn Battuta (sur les traces de Marco Polo)

Dec 16, 1996

1325 - Ibn Battuta, a young Maroccan, leaves his home town Tanger to go, as all good Muslim should, on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Little does he know that he is embarking on an extraordinary odyssey, perhaps the greatest journey of all times.

Les grandes jonques
S01E06 · Les grandes jonques

Dec 17, 1996

The big junks.

Vasco de Gama
S01E07 · Vasco de Gama

Dec 18, 1996

We are at the end of the XVth century. Spain and Portugal both seek the maritime path to India and the fabled spice islands. Nutmeg, pepper, clover: these are products worth their weight in gold ! When King Juan II of Portugal gives Vasco de Gama commandment of four ships to reach India by circum- navigating Africa, he knows that this young captain has the talent to succeed.

Les Taxis et la première poste
S01E08 · Les Taxis et la première poste

Dec 19, 1996

The Tassis, masters of posts.

Les frères Pinzon, la face cachée de Christophe Colomb
S01E09 · Les frères Pinzon, la face cachée de Christophe Colomb

Dec 20, 1996

The Pinzon brothers, the hidden face of Christopher Columbus.

Amerigo Vespucci
S01E10 · Amerigo Vespucci

Dec 23, 1996

Everyone knows that Christopher Colombus discovered America. So why is it that this continent is not called Columbia, for example, instead of America?

Magellan et Del Cano
S01E11 · Magellan et Del Cano

Dec 26, 1996

In 1518, Captain Fernando de Magellan and his friend the astronomer Rui Faliero are at the court of the king of Spain to present young Charles the Fifth with an astonishing project. The aim is to join the spice islands by heading due west and crossing the Atlantic, whereas since Vasco de Gama's trip in 1488, the Portugese sail to India via Africa, therefore heading south.

Cabeza de Vaca
S01E12 · Cabeza de Vaca

Dec 27, 1996

The year is 1528 and America is as of yet an unexplored continent. Five caravels appear off the coast of Florida, from which 600 men disembark under the orders of the conquistador Panfilo de Navaez. It is the golden age of the conquistadors, who pursue their dreams of Eldorado at the expense of the Indian tribes they encounter.

Béring
S01E13 · Béring

Dec 30, 1996

Béring.

Bougainville et le Pacifique
S01E14 · Bougainville et le Pacifique

Jan 01, 1997

Exploring the Pacific, the greatest of all oceans, is no small affair, and it took many years and intrepid navigators before each of its numerous islands was charted out.

Bruce et les sources du Nil
S01E15 · Bruce et les sources du Nil

Jan 02, 1997

Bruce and the sources of the Nile.

La Condamine
S01E16 · La Condamine

Jan 03, 1997

At Condamine.

James Cook
S01E17 · James Cook

Jan 06, 1997

In 1764, the Frenchman Bougainville, searching for the fabled "terra australis incognita", stumbles upon Tahiti, but fails to find the elusive southern continent that all maritime explorers are so eager to discover.

Humboldt
S01E18 · Humboldt

Jan 07, 1997

Scientist and philosopher, humanist, founding father of ethnology and anthropology: impossible to describe in one sentence the vast palette of talents which belonged to Alexander von Humboldt, one of the most brilliant figures of enlightenment!

Lewis et Clark
S01E19 · Lewis et Clark

Jan 08, 1997

Lewis and Clark.

Stuart et Burke
S01E20 · Stuart et Burke

Jan 09, 1997

Stuart and Burke.

Stanley et Livingstone
S01E21 · Stanley et Livingstone

Jan 10, 1997

Stanley and Livingstone.

Roald Amundsen et le Pôle Sud
S01E22 · Roald Amundsen et le Pôle Sud

Jan 13, 1997

In all times, the poles have drawn men to them. Axis of the Earth, magnetic indicators, they remain protected from human intrusion by their coat of ice. Towards the end of the 18th century, James Cook approaches both poles without touching land. In the 19th, several scientific expeditions attempt reaching the North Pole, more accurately charted and attainable than it's Antarctic counterpart.

Alexandra David-Neel
S01E23 · Alexandra David-Neel

Jan 14, 1997

Alexandra David-Neel.

Piccard, des sommets aux abysses
S01E24 · Piccard, des sommets aux abysses

Jan 15, 1997

As the 20th century begins, we find that the oceans, continents, tropical rainforests and polar regions of the globe have all seen the arrival of man... And quite sensibly, our children ask Maestro : "We have been to the North, to the South, to the West and the East. So, what is left ? " And our old wise man looks up to the skies.

Vers les cimes
S01E25 · Vers les cimes

Jan 16, 1997

Towards the peaks.

Vers les étoiles
S01E26 · Vers les étoiles

Jan 17, 1997

To the stars.

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Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (also know as Il était une fois... les explorateurs) Season 1 (1996) is released on Dec 10, 1996. Watch Once Upon a Time... The Explorers online - the French Animation TV series from France. Once Upon a Time... The Explorers is directed by Albert Barillé,Gilbert Barillé and created by Gilbert Barillé with Roger Carel and Patrick Préjean. Once Upon a Time... The Explorers is available online on Freevee and Amazon Video.

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Il était une fois... les explorateurs, Once Upon a Time... The Explorers, Érase una vez... los exploradores, Il était une fois... les explorateurs, Once Upon a Time... The Explorers(English)

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France

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French

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Procidis

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