Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration, charting the routes of contact that drew together the farthest reaches of the world

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Thomas Blake Glover

4/4 Neil Oliver travels to Japan to explore the story of rogue trader Thomas Blake Glover.

Wed 5 Sep 2012 02:10 BBC Four

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